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SynthesisF1000Research2021

SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review.

Igho J Onakpoya, Carl J Heneghan, Elizabeth A Spencer, Jon Brassey, Annette Plüddemann, David H Evans, John M Conly, Tom Jefferson

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in F1000Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) from pre and asymptomatic infected individuals: a systematic review.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  6. Discontinuing contact precautions for COVID-19: the science says its time.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2026
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  7. Bouncing microdroplets on hydrophobic surfaces.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Guilty by gown: reconsidering contact precautions for COVID-19.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025
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  20. Can a UV-C box help the cinema industry by disinfecting video cameras?Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023
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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.

Igho J OnakpoyaNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2420-0811
Carl J HeneghanNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.
Elizabeth A SpencerNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9079-8006
Jon BrasseyTrip Database Ltd, Newport, NP20 3PS, UK.
Annette PlüddemannNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.
David H EvansDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5871-299X
John M ConlyUniversity of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Tom JeffersonNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19FomitesHospitalsHumansRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralCOVID-19Fomitessystematic reviewtransmission

Identifiers

PMID34136133
PMCPMC8176266.3

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