Scientific Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission | NLM

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Scientific Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission

10/05/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 10/5/2020. The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is through exposure to respiratory droplets carrying infectious virus. This web page details potential airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, and how SARs-CoV-2 is spread. (Text)