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ReviewACS omega2021

Fomite Transmission, Physicochemical Origin of Virus-Surface Interactions, and Disinfection Strategies for Enveloped Viruses with Applications to SARS-CoV-2.

Nicolas Castaño, Seth C Cordts, Myra Kurosu Jalil, Kevin S Zhang, Saisneha Koppaka, Alison D Bick, Rajorshi Paul, Sindy K Y Tang

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Review in ACS omega, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicolas CastañoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Seth C CordtsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Myra Kurosu JalilDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Kevin S ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Saisneha KoppakaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Alison D BickDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Rajorshi PaulDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Sindy K Y TangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Stanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inanimate objects or surfaces contaminated with infectious agents, referred to as fomites, play an important role in the spread of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The long persistence of viruses (hours to days) on surfaces calls for an urgent need for effective surface disinfection strategies to intercept virus transmission and the spread of diseases. Elucidating the physicochemical processes and surface science underlying the adsorption and transfer of virus between surfaces, as well as their inactivation, is important for understanding how diseases are transmitted and for developing effective intervention strategies. This review summarizes the current knowledge and underlying physicochemical processes of virus transmission, in particular via fomites, and common disinfection approaches. Gaps in knowledge and the areas in need of further research are also identified. The review focuses on SARS-CoV-2, but discussion of related viruses is included to provide a more comprehensive review given that much remains unknown about SARS-CoV-2. Our aim is that this review will provide a broad survey of the issues involved in fomite transmission and intervention to a wide range of readers to better enable them to take on the open research challenges.

Identifiers

PMID33748563
PMCPMC7944398
OpenAlexW3135386295

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Registered trials

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