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IDENTIFYING A NEW CORONAVIRUS SARS-COV-2 IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

A complex analysis of background objects contamination was performed during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 presence was detected on household goods in a home site of infection, surface washouts in public areas, on food. Crude wastewater proved to be extremely contaminated – viral RNA was detected in 16.5±3.1% of samples, hospital surface washouts were also highly contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 RNA (6.6±3.1%).

About the Authors

L. A. Lebedeva
FBUZ “Center of hygiene and epidemiology in the Khabarovsk krai; FBUN Khabarovsk research institute of epidemiology and microbiology of the Federal service for surveillance on consumers’ rights protection and human wellbeing
Russian Federation

Khabarovsk 



V. I. Reznik
FBUZ “Center of hygiene and epidemiology in the Khabarovsk krai; FBUN Khabarovsk research institute of epidemiology and microbiology of the Federal service for surveillance on consumers’ rights protection and human wellbeing
Russian Federation

Khabarovsk 



L. V. Savosina
FBUZ “Center of hygiene and epidemiology in the Khabarovsk krai
Russian Federation

Khabarovsk 



Z. P. Zaleiko
FBUZ “Center of hygiene and epidemiology in the Khabarovsk krai
Russian Federation

Khabarovsk 



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Lebedeva L.A., Reznik V.I., Savosina L.V., Zaleiko Z.P. IDENTIFYING A NEW CORONAVIRUS SARS-COV-2 IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT. Far Eastern Journal of Infectious Pathology. 2021;(41):24-26. (In Russ.)

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