Suppressing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public spaces through surface engineering

通过表面工程抑制 SARS-CoV-2 在公共场所的传播

• 批准号: MR/V028464/1
• 负责人: Peter Wahl
• 金额: $ 34.81万
• 依托单位: University of St Andrews
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FV028464%2F1
• 关键词: Suppressing; SARS; CoV; transmission; public

The exploration of different ways in which the current Covid-19 pandemic can be kept controlled is crucial to enable reopening the society and ensure a flourishing economy. While a successful vaccine would be the ideal way to put a halt on the pandemic, a rapid deployment is not guaranteed, and may not happen for sometime. Short of a vaccine, measures that can prevent spreading the infection are an important alternative. Apart from airborne direct transmission, indirect transmission via surfaces, in particular in public spaces, can play an important role in spreading the disease. We propose the development and identification of routes for easy deployment of surface materials and coatings that can actively inhibit and retard the spread of the virus from an infected person to others via touch surfaces, by deactivating it. This would potentially be a game changer for "high-traffic" surfaces in public spaces. We will build on existing knowledge about the antiviral properties of copper, and seek to optimize them.

探索控制当前 Covid-19 大流行的不同方法对于重新开放社会和确保经济繁荣至关重要。虽然成功的疫苗将是遏制大流行的理想方法，但不能保证快速部署，而且可能在一段时间内不会发生。在缺乏疫苗的情况下，防止感染传播的措施是一个重要的替代方案。除了空气直接传播之外，通过表面的间接传播，特别是在公共场所，在疾病传播中也发挥着重要作用。我们建议开发和确定易于部署表面材料和涂层的途径，通过使其失活，可以主动抑制和延缓病毒通过触摸表面从感染者传播到其他人。这可能会改变公共空间“高流量”表面的游戏规则。我们将利用有关铜抗病毒特性的现有知识，并寻求优化它们。

项目成果

The role of ion dissolution in metal and metal oxide surface inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

离子溶解在金属和金属氧化物表面灭活 SARS-CoV-2 中的作用

• DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.08.556901
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Hilton J