RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Differences in environmental stability among SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: Omicron has higher stability
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2022.01.18.476607
DO 10.1101/2022.01.18.476607
A1 Ryohei Hirose
A1 Yoshito Itoh
A1 Hiroshi Ikegaya
A1 Hajime Miyazaki
A1 Naoto Watanabe
A1 Takuma Yoshida
A1 Risa Bandou
A1 Tomo Daidoji
A1 Takaaki Nakaya
YR 2022
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/01/19/2022.01.18.476607.abstract
AB We analyzed the differences in viral environmental stability between the SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan strain and all variants of concern (VOCs). On plastic and skin surfaces, Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants exhibited more than two-fold longer survival than the Wuhan strain and maintained infectivity for more than 16 h on skin surfaces. The high environmental stability of these VOCs could increase the risk of contact transmission and contribute to their spread.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.