Table 2.
Infection Capability of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 for Different Materials.
| Materials | SARS-CoV-1 |
SARS-CoV-2 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infection capability | Duration | Infection capability | Duration | |
| Aerosol | 104.3 to 103.5 TCID50 | 3 h | 103.5 to 102.7 TCID50 | 3 h |
| Plastic | 103.4 to 100.7 TCID50 | 72 h | 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 | 72 h |
| Stainless steel | 103.6 to 100.6 TCID50 | 48 h | 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 | 48 h |
| Copper | no viability | 8 h | no viability | 4 h |
| Cardboard | no viability | 8 h | no viability | 24 h |
TCID, Tissue Culture Infective Dose.