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Article: The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus
Title | The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus |
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Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/ |
Citation | Advances in Virology, 2011, v. 2011, article no. 734690 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The main route of transmission of SARS CoV infection is presumed to be respiratory droplets. However the virus is also detectable in other body fluids and excreta. The stability of the virus at different temperatures and relative humidity on smooth surfaces were studied. The dried virus on smooth surfaces retained its viability for over 5 days at temperatures of 22–25°C and relative humidity of 40–50%, that is, typical air-conditioned environments. However, virus viability was rapidly lost (>3 log10) at higher temperatures and higher relative humidity (e.g., 38°C, and relative humidity of >95%). The better stability of SARS coronavirus at low temperature and low humidity environment may facilitate its transmission in community in subtropical area (such as Hong Kong) during the spring and in air-conditioned environments. It may also explain why some Asian countries in tropical area (such as Malaysia, Indonesia or Thailand) with high temperature and high relative humidity environment did not have major community outbreaks of SARS. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/300209 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.282 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, KH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Peiris, JSM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, SY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Poon, LLM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, KY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Seto, WH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-04T08:39:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-04T08:39:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Advances in Virology, 2011, v. 2011, article no. 734690 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1687-8639 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/300209 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The main route of transmission of SARS CoV infection is presumed to be respiratory droplets. However the virus is also detectable in other body fluids and excreta. The stability of the virus at different temperatures and relative humidity on smooth surfaces were studied. The dried virus on smooth surfaces retained its viability for over 5 days at temperatures of 22–25°C and relative humidity of 40–50%, that is, typical air-conditioned environments. However, virus viability was rapidly lost (>3 log10) at higher temperatures and higher relative humidity (e.g., 38°C, and relative humidity of >95%). The better stability of SARS coronavirus at low temperature and low humidity environment may facilitate its transmission in community in subtropical area (such as Hong Kong) during the spring and in air-conditioned environments. It may also explain why some Asian countries in tropical area (such as Malaysia, Indonesia or Thailand) with high temperature and high relative humidity environment did not have major community outbreaks of SARS. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Advances in Virology | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, KH: chankh2@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Peiris, JSM: malik@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Poon, LLM: llmpoon@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yuen, KY: kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, KH=rp01921 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Peiris, JSM=rp00410 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Poon, LLM=rp00484 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yuen, KY=rp00366 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1155/2011/734690 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22312351 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3265313 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84873312394 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 322709 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 734690 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 734690 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000214662500027 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |