Resuspension and Dissemination of MS2 Virus from Flooring After Human Activities in Built Environment: Impact of Dust Particles
Stephanie A Boone, M Khalid Ijaz, Julie McKinney, Charles P Gerba, Paolo Calistri · 2024
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Boone and four co-authors studied how viruses lift off floors in this paper from twenty twenty-four. Everyday acts like walking and vacuuming can stir settled particles back into the air. The team seeded carpet and wood floors with a harmless test virus, plain or mixed with dust. They then measured how far the virus spread.
Vacuuming spread dust-laden virus much farther than walking did. Floor type mattered for both activities. A risk model using norovirus suggested infection odds rose sharply when dust carried the virus. The biggest risk cuts came from cleaning surfaces near the floor after vacuuming bare of dust. The authors call for more work on resuspension as a route of exposure indoors.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Stephanie A Boone, M Khalid Ijaz, Julie McKinney, Charles P Gerba, Paolo Calistri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |