ArticleThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2020
Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites.
Article in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 185 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
185 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by "fomite-borne risk assessment".Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1st year of the pandemic: Pooled analysis of the International Citizen Project on COVID-19 (ICPCovid) surveys.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of droplet and aerosol generation in dentistry.Journal of dentistry · 2021Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review.F1000Research · 2021Pooled it
- Transmission of respiratory infectious diseases based on real close contact behavior in an emergency room.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2025Article
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- Measurements of Surrogate Respiratory Sessile Droplet pH and Implications for Exhaled Respiratory Aerosol and Airborne Disease Transmission.ACS central science · 2025Article
- Human Source Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Aerosol Transmission to Remote Sentinel Hamsters.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Antiviral Surface Coatings: From Pandemic Lessons to Visible-Light-Activated Films.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Persistence of Phi6, a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate, in simulated indoor environments: Effects of humidity and material properties.PloS one · 2025Article
- Molecular determinants of cross-species transmission in emerging viral infections.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024Review
- Minimal influenza virus transmission from touching contaminated face masks: a laboratory study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Host and viral determinants of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Syrian hamster.eLife · 2024Article
- Perspectives and Attitudes of Newer New Jersey High School Teachers towards Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting Consumer Products Used in School Classrooms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Face mask use in the city of Chennai, India: Results from three serial cross-sectional surveys, 2021.PloS one · 2024Article
- Risk perceptions and behaviors concerning rural tourism and economic-political drivers of COVID-19 policy in 2020.PloS one · 2024Article
- A comparative study on the persistence and viability of SARS-CoV-2 wild-type and omicron variant on artificially contaminated surfaces: the role of fomites.Emerging microbes & infections · 2023Article
- Host and viral determinants of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Syrian hamster.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- At the crossroads of epidemiology and biology: Bridging the gap between SARS-CoV-2 viral strain properties and epidemic wave characteristics.Biochimie · 2023Review
- Intellectual Humility and Responsiveness to Public Health Recommendations.Personality and individual differences · 2023Article
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