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Three modes of transmission for the SARS coronavirus: long-range airborne, close contact and fomites.

• Close contact route: large droplets and airborne droplets.
• Long-range airborne route: respiratory droplets.
• Fomites: from surface contact, any size of droplets.

Author: (or citation)[edit | edit source]

Xiao S, Li Y, Wong T-w, Hui DSC (2017) Role of fomites in SARS transmission during the largest hospital outbreak in Hong Kong. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0181558. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181558

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http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181558

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