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The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

ABSTRACT: Speech droplets generated by asymptomatic carriers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are increasingly considered to be a likely mode of disease transmission. Highly sensitive laser light scattering observations have revealed that loud speech can emit thousands of oral fluid droplets per second. In a closed, stagnant air environment, they disappear from the window of view with time constants in the range of 8 to 14 min, which corresponds to droplet nuclei of ca. 4 ?m diameter, or 12- to 21-?m droplets prior to dehydration. These observations confirm that there is a substantial probability that normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission in confined environments.

SUBMITTER: Stadnytskyi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275719 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Stadnytskyi Valentyn V   Bax Christina E CE   Bax Adriaan A   Anfinrud Philip P  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200513 22

Speech droplets generated by asymptomatic carriers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are increasingly considered to be a likely mode of disease transmission. Highly sensitive laser light scattering observations have revealed that loud speech can emit thousands of oral fluid droplets per second. In a closed, stagnant air environment, they disappear from the window of view with time constants in the range of 8 to 14 min, which corresponds to droplet nuclei of <i>ca.</  ...[more]

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