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Bengi Arslan1, Sami Bercin2, Sibel Aydogan3
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. bengi.arslan@gmail.com.
Background:
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus made a pandemic all over the world, its transmission routes became significant. Transmission from human to human is known, but other possible routes are not determined well.
Aims:
This study aimed to reveal the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in sweat.
Methods:
This prospective study was conducted in a tertiary care education and training hospital. Fifty patients were included in this study. Skin disinfection was done with an alcohol-based solution. Swabs for RT-PCR (real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction) were taken from forehead and axilla skin after sweating patients for 30 min. After collection of sweat, swabs were placed into 2 ml of sterile viral transport medium, then transported quickly to the microbiology laboratory.
Results:
No SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in RT-PCR of forehead and axilla swabs.
Conclusion:
This study showed that there is no transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus via sweat. However, general precautions must be taken while doing interventional procedures.
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