ArticleGerms2017
High level bacterial contamination of secondary school students' mobile phones.
Article in Germs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Germi-X herbal-based spray disinfects smartphone surfaces: implication on fomite-mediated infection spread.AMB Express · 2022Article
- Review of microbial touchscreen contamination for the determination of reasonable ultraviolet disinfection doses.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2021Review
- Isolation of Gram-Positive, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from Tactile Mobile Phones in a Northwestern Mexican City.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Forensic Applications of Microbiomics: A Review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- COVID-19: Critical discussion on the applications and implications of chemicals in sanitizers and disinfectants.EXCLI journal · 2020Article
- Cultivable Microbial Diversity Associated With Cellular Phones.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Comment on: "High level bacterial contamination of secondary school students' mobile phones".Germs · 2017Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionWhile contamination of mobile phones in the hospital has been found to be common in several studies, little information about bacterial abundance on phones used in the community is available. Our aim was to quantitatively determine the bacterial contamination of secondary school students' mobile phones.
methodsAltogether 27 mobile phones were studied. The contact plate method and microbial identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer were used for culture studies. Quantitative PCR reaction for detection of universal 16S rRNA,
resultsWe found a high median bacterial count on secondary school students' mobile phones (10.5 CFU/cm
conclusionQuantitative study methods revealed high level bacterial contamination of secondary school students' mobile phones.
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