Long-term survival of salmon-attached SARS-CoV-2 at 4°C as a potential source of transmission in seafood markets

Manman Dai, Huanan Li, Nan Yan, Jinyu Huang, Li Zhao, Siqi Xu, Shibo Jiang, Chungen Pan, Ming Liao

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 13 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Several outbreaks of COVID-19 were associated with seafood markets, raising concerns that fish-attached SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit prolonged survival in low-temperature environments. Here we showed that salmon-attached SARS-CoV-2 at 4°C could remain infectious for more than one week, suggesting that fish-attached SARS-CoV-2 may be a source of transmission.

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