ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2021
SARS Wars: the Fomites Strike Back.
Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Doff Thy Gown-Shedding Contact Precautions for COVID-19.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- The role of ion dissolution in metal and metal oxide surface inactivation of SARS-CoV-2.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Non-Pharmacological Strategies and Interventions for Effective COVID-19 Control: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Efficacy of Peracetic Acid and Sodium Hypochlorite against SARS-CoV-2 on Contaminated Surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Risk assessment of banknotes as a fomite of SARS-CoV-2 in cash payment transactions.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Grignard Pure to Inactivate Airborne Phage MS2, a Common SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- COVID-19 environmental and operational impact for public transport in Kuwait.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- Biosafety and biohazard considerations of HSV-1-based oncolytic viral immunotherapy.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Review
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- Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces and relevance to the food industry.Current opinion in food science · 2022Review
- Decontamination of SARS-CoV-2 from cold-chain food packaging provides no marginal benefit in risk reduction to food workers.Food control · 2022Article
- Factors Impacting Persistence of Phi6 Bacteriophage, an Enveloped Virus Surrogate, on Fomite Surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Prevention and Control of COVID-19 after Resuming General Hospital Functions.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Lamarck redux and other false arguments against SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: Pseudoscientific arguments against vaccination do not stand up to scrutiny.EMBO reports · 2022Article
- Characteristics of respiratory microdroplet nuclei on common substrates.Interface focus · 2022Article
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- Higher Concentrations of Bacterial Enveloped Virus Phi6 Can Protect the Virus from Environmental Decay.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via fomite, even in cold-chain.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Controversy continues about the significance of fomite transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Recent papers continue to advocate concern. However, designs of studies showing virus survival on surfaces under laboratory conditions are unsuitable for extrapolation to real life. Although viral RNA is frequently found on real-life surfaces, actual tests for infectious virus are almost entirely negative, even in hospitals with COVID-19 patients. Fomite transmission should be regarded as no more than a very minor component of this pandemic.
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