• languages derived from Latin, the French fomite, Italian fomite, Spanish fómite and Portuguese fómite or fômite, retain the full stem. Focal infection theory...
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    Hill. Retrieved 19 December 2021. "Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments". U.S. Centers for Disease...
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    in the air, which could occur through face-to-face contact or through fomites. Infection with variola minor virus conferred immunity against the more...
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    stages that are excreted in feces or through inhalation of coughed on fomites and are capable of transmission to a new host. A number of species infect...
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    also affects fomite transmission risk. Hand washing and periodic surface cleaning impede indirect contact transmission through fomites. Fomite transmission...
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    another host, depending on the coronavirus species, by either an aerosol, fomite, or fecal-oral route. Human coronaviruses infect the epithelial cells of...
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    via airborne droplets, direct contact with infected nasal secretions, or fomites (contaminated objects). Which of these routes is of primary importance...
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    through contact with a person, bodily fluids, or intermediate objects (fomites) can also occur, since influenza viruses can survive for hours on non-porous...
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    illness [AGI] (fecal-oral; spread by food, water, person-to-person, and fomites) Norovirus Enters water through the feces of infected individuals Diarrhea...
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    a result of binding of the virus in fibrin metric, and transmission by fomites has been considered inefficient compared with respiratory droplet transmission...
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    of the virus being transferred via non-living infectious agents called fomites. HPV vaccines can prevent the most common types of infection. To be most...
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    SARS-CoV is contact of the mucous membranes with respiratory droplets or fomites. As with all respiratory pathogens once presumed to transmit via respiratory...
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    (no vaccine or preventive drug) Barrier precautions, washing hands and fomite disinfection in hospitals epidermidis Human flora in skin, anterior nares...
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  • pyelogram. It has been suggested that radiographic markers are a potential fomite for harmful bacteria such as MRSA, and that they should be cleaned on a...
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    Rhinoviruses are transmitted through aerosols, respiratory droplets, fomites, and direct person-to-person contact. They primarily infect nasal epithelial...
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    contact sports or sexual activity), contact with an infected surface (fomite), or autoinoculation (self-infection) by scratching or picking molluscum...
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  • any activities which generate aerosol particles or droplets or generate fomites, such as raising of dust. A 2007 study showed that influenza virus was...
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    propagate through direct contact with an infected host, indirect contact with fomites, or through particles in the air. In 1668, Italian physician Francesco...
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    as food, water, blood and fomites can act as passive transmission points between reservoirs and susceptible hosts. Fomites are inanimate objects (doorknobs...
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  • Basic concepts Asymptomatic carrier Chain of infection Fomite Host Incubation period Index case Infectious period Latent period Natural reservoir Opportunistic...
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    but transmits infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another Fomite transmission - An inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious...
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  • physical contact – usually by touching a contaminated surface, including soil (fomite) fecal–oral transmission – usually from unwashed hands, contaminated food...
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    transmitted from person to person most commonly via sexual contact, although fomites (bedding, clothing) may play a minor role in their transmission. Infestation...
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    disorder through direct contact with infected sheep and goats or with fomites carrying the orf virus. It causes a purulent-appearing papule locally and...
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    become infected through oral contact with CPV2 in feces, infected soil, or fomites that carry the virus. Following ingestion, the virus replicates in the...
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    hygiene." Ka Hung Chan and Kwok-Yung Yuen argue that face masks can reduce fomite transmission (in addition to the transmission through droplets or aerosol)...
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    Edmond Sabo; James Rahal (May 2004). "Is the Clinicians' Necktie a Potential Fomite for Hospital Acquired Infections?". Paper presented at the 104th General...
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    original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021. "SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments". U.S. Centers for Disease...
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    Transmission occurs by direct contact, via respiratory aerosol droplets, or fomites. Bacteria initially adhere to ciliated epithelial cells in the nasopharynx...
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    the ship is carrying a contagious disease, either literally on board as fomites or via its crewmen or passengers. As defined in a consul's handbook from...
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