TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Chunmao AU - Guo, Zhendong AU - Zhao, Zongzheng AU - Wang, Tiecheng AU - Li, Liang AU - Miao, Faming AU - Zhang, Cheng AU - Li, Yuanguo AU - Gao, Yuwei T1 - SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Exhaled by Experimentally Infected Cynomolgus Monkeys T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 7 SP - 1979 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We analyzed size of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) aerosol particles shed by experimentally infected cynomolgus monkeys. Most exhaled particles were small, and virus was mainly released early during infection. By postinfection day 6, no virus was detected in breath, but air in the isolator contained large quantities of aerosolized virus. KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - COVID-19 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - cynomolgus monkeys KW - breath KW - size distribution KW - aerosol transmission DO - 10.3201/eid2707.203948 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-3948_article ER - End of Reference