{"id":71626,"date":"2021-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/08\/26\/unmc-team-confirms-covid-19s-airborne-transmission-in-leading-scientific-journal\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:14:14","slug":"unmc-team-confirms-covid-19s-airborne-transmission-in-leading-scientific-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/08\/26\/unmc-team-confirms-covid-19s-airborne-transmission-in-leading-scientific-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC team confirms COVID-19&#8217;s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The University of Nebraska Medical Center was first to report the presence of intact, culturable SARS-CoV-2 virus in small particles exhaled by COVID-19 patients in a July 2020 preprint report of initial data gathered at Nebraska Medicine. Now, in August 2021, UNMC&rsquo;s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41370-021-00376-8\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">Journal of Exposure Science &amp; Environmental Epidemiology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last year, most people have come to accept the fact the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spread through particles in the air exhaled by people with the disease. However, the concept of airborne or aerosol, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was not immediately widely accepted. The World Health Organization (WHO) first insisted it spread by &quot;droplets.&quot; We were told not to touch surfaces. Initial reports out of Asia were inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>But the possibility &#8211; probability &#8211; of airborne transmission &quot;was probably the most urgent question we had in the beginning,&quot; said Joshua Santarpia, PhD,&nbsp;associate professor of pathology and microbiology, and research director, chemical and biological programs, National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI). Dr. Santarpia&nbsp;is one of three UNMC co-principal investigators on the study, with St. Patrick Reid, PhD, and John-Martin Lowe, PhD.<\/p>\n<p>And when they checked? &quot;We found pervasive evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols,&quot; Dr. Santarpia said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they&rsquo;ve shown replicating virus in air particles smaller than a micron &#8211; one-thousandth of a millimeter.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does this mean? &quot;The best way to protect yourself from COVID-19 is using high-quality respiratory protection,&quot; Dr. Santarpia said. The better quality the mask, the more you are protected. Cloth masks will be helpful, but you shouldn&rsquo;t consider them &quot;a cure.&quot; Properly worn surgical masks are good in most situations. Most leading clinicians and scientists, including at UNMC, recommend masks to help diminish the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Air movement is helpful,&quot; Dr. Santarpia said. &quot;High-efficiency filtration is extremely helpful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>And &quot;You have a lot working for you outdoors that you don&rsquo;t have working for you inside.&quot; Sunlight can kill SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that singing or talking loudly can lead to spread lines up with what UNMC has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Same with the concept of &quot;super spreaders.&quot; Some people naturally produce more particles.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC does not yet have aerosol data on the delta variant. But the research team is working on that now.<\/p>\n<p>The research was conducted by an interdisciplinary team (see sidebar) from UNMC, its Global Center for Health Security, the NU-affiliated National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command, University of Nebraska Omaha, University of Illinois and Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><b>An interdisciplinary team<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The research was made possible through the work of an interdisciplinary team led by UNMC and its Global Center for Health Security:<\/p>\n<p>Study conceived by: Joshua Santarpia, PhD, associate professor of pathology and microbiology, and research director, chemical and biological programs, National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI);<\/p>\n<p>Sample collection: Dr. Santarpia; John-Martin Lowe, PhD, executive director of education, Global Center for Health Security (GCHS), and professor of environmental, agricultural and occupational health;<\/p>\n<p>Sample processing: Danielle Rivera, NSRI; Vicki Herrera, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology and GCHS;<\/p>\n<p>Reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) testing: Herrera;<\/p>\n<p>Viral culture and supporting assays: St. Patrick Reid, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and microbiology and GCHS; assisted by Paul Denton, PhD, University of Nebraska Omaha; Jacob Martens, UNO; Daniel Ackerman, NSRI<\/p>\n<p>Antibody generation: Ying Fang, PhD, University of Illinois;<\/p>\n<p>Electron microscopy: Nicholas Conoan, UNMC Electron Microscopy Core;<\/p>\n<p>Aerosol analyses: Santarpia; Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate, PhD, associate professor, pathology and microbiology, NSRI fellow, GCHS; Patient interactions: aided by David Brett-Major, MD, professor of epidemiology, GCHS;<\/p>\n<p>Paper written by: Dr. Santarpia; Dr, Lowe; Reid; Michael Callahan, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital; James Lawler, MD, director of international programs and innovation, GCHS, and associate professor of internal medicine; with contributions from all authors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Capturing air samples <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The scientific team captured and worked from air samples in and around the rooms of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the Omaha area. 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