Publication date: Jun 16, 2025
Studies involving air sampling for SARS-CoV-2 commonly return either negative data or non-viable virus. We assessed the desiccative impact of time parameters during air sampling by aerosolising SARS-CoV-2 onto gelatine Sartorius MD8 AirPort filters; contaminated filters were then attached to a Sartorius MD8 AirPort and run at 50L/min up to 40 minutes. These filters were then analysed by viral plaque assay and qRT-PCR, results showed no significant difference in recovery of infectious virus or genomic copy numbers with increasing air sampled. These results show that sampling for 40 minutes or less with a Sartorius MD8 AirPort does not reduce the viability of SARS-CoV-2.
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| 50l | Air sampling |
| Airport | Desiccation |
| Desiccative | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Pcr | Sartorius MD8 Airport |
| Viral |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| drug | DRUGBANK | Medical air |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Gelatin |
| disease | IDO | assay |
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