Environmental stability of SARS-CoV-2 on different types of surfaces under indoor and seasonal climate conditions

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Abstract

We report the stability of SARS-CoV-2 on various surfaces under indoor, summer and spring/fall conditions. The virus was more stable under the spring/fall condition with virus half-lives ranging from 17.11 to 31.82 hours, whereas under indoor and summer conditions the virus half-lives were 3.5–11.33 and 2.54–5.58 hours, respectively.

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Clean Processed & Sterile, White), N95 mask (3M N95 mask 1870), cloth (65% polyester and 35% cotton from local source), styrofoam (50mL centrifuge tube-foam rack, CELLTREAT Scientific Products), cardboard (inner packing, TPP T75 flask), concrete (Fast-setting concrete mix, The Home Depot), rubber (The Home Depot), glass (Electron Microscopy Sciences), polypropylene (biohazard autoclave bag, ThermoFisher), stainless steel (Metal Remnant Inc.), and galvanized steel (The Home Depot).
    ThermoFisher
    suggested: (ThermoFisher; SL 8; Centrifuge, RRID:SCR_020809)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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