Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by COVID-19 patients - ScienceDirect

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Journal of Infection

Volume 86, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages e30-e31

Journal of Infection

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.07.017 Get rights and content

Highlights

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The Delta variant patients exhaled ten million virus particles per hour.
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87.14% of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath was distributed in respiratory droplets.
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Respiratory droplets may be a main transmission route of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath.

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2

Exhaled breath

Particle size distribution

Respiratory droplet

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