Temporary carriage of bovine coronavirus and bovine respiratory syncytial virus by fomites and human nasal mucosa after exposure to infected calves

Table 1 Overview of personnel and fomites that were sampled after exposure to virus shedding animals

	BCoV^a experiment	BRSV^b experiment	Winter dysentery outbreak in dairy herd
No. of animals	10	8	300
No. of persons	16	12	19
Personnel
No. of challenges	86	26	19
Hours between exposure and sampling	−0.5, 0.5, 2, 4 and 6	0.5	0.5, 2, 4
Fomites
No. of challenges	44	38	–
No. and types	12 rubber coats, 16 rubber boots, 8 stethoscopes, 8 wrist watches	19 rubber coats, 19 rubber boots	–
Hours between exposure and sampling	0, 2 and 24	2 and 24	–

Sample collection was performed during two animal experiments and one outbreak of winter dysentery (caused by BCoV). ^aBCoV – bovine coronavirus, ^bBRSV - bovine respiratory syncytial virus

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