Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)Contamination of High-touch Surfaces in Field Settings

摘要

The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)a public health emergency of international concern(PHEIC)[1].Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),the etiological agent of COVID-19,is an enveloped,single-stranded,positive-sense RNA coronavirus.Like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus(SARS)and Middle East respiratory syndrome(MERS),the causative agent of COVID-19belongs to theβ-genus of the coronavirus family and has a genome sequence with an 82%similarity to that of SARS[1,2].Therefore,research on human coronaviruses,especially SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV,could be useful for predicting likely environmental fate and subsequent risks of SARS-CoV-2[1].