ArticleNature2021
COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?
Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
85 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of hand hygiene frequency on reducing acute respiratory infections in the community: a meta-analysis.Epidemiology and infection · 2022Pooled it
- Environmental Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus RNA in Health Facilities in Brazil and a Systematic Review on Contamination Sources.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Contributions of persisters and the Eagle effect to survival ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Discontinuing contact precautions for COVID-19: the science says its time.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2026Article
- The effect of personality on likelihood of contracting SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.Personality and individual differences · 2026Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Surface Contamination and Viable Virus in High-Ventilation Single Rooms: Implications for Fomite Transmission.Juntendo medical journal · 2026Article
- Antiviral Surface Coatings: From Pandemic Lessons to Visible-Light-Activated Films.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Distribution and Characterization of Quaternary Ammonium Biocides Resistant Bacteria in Different Soils, in South-Western China.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- COVID-19-related temporary disability in healthcare workers in Spain during the four first pandemic waves.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Decontamination Effect of Hypochlorous Acid Dry Mist on Selected Bacteria, Viruses, Spores, and Fungi as Well as on Components of Electronic Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- An effective and rapidly degradable disinfectant from disinfection byproducts.Nature communications · 2024Article
- An Engineering Alternative to Lockdown During COVID-19 and Other Airborne Infectious Disease Pandemics: Feasibility Study.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- The multi-dimensional challenges of controlling respiratory virus transmission in indoor spaces: Insights from the linkage of a microscopic pedestrian simulation and SARS-CoV-2 transmission model.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Pandemic lessons for the 2024 US presidential election.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- Risk perceptions and behaviors concerning rural tourism and economic-political drivers of COVID-19 policy in 2020.PloS one · 2024Article
- Polarized Perceptions: How Time and Vaccination Status Modify Republican and Democratic COVID-19 Risk Perceptions.Journal of elections, public opinion and parties · 2024Article
- Reduction of acute respiratory infections in day-care by non-pharmaceutical interventions: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- At the crossroads of epidemiology and biology: Bridging the gap between SARS-CoV-2 viral strain properties and epidemic wave characteristics.Biochimie · 2023Review
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better?Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
- Pronounced temporal changes in soil microbial community and nitrogen transformation caused by benzalkonium chloride.Journal of environmental sciences (China) · 2023Article
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