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Microorganisms
December 2024
Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
Resuspended particles from human activities can contribute to pathogen exposure via airborne fomite contamination in built environments. Studies investigating the dissemination of resuspended viruses are limited. The goal of this study was to explore viral dissemination after aerosolized resuspension via human activities on indoor flooring.
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February 2025
Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Osun, Nigeria.
Background: Antibiotic resistance is an escalating global health issue, with particularly severe implications in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Nigeria. This study examines antibiotic-resistant bacteria's prevalence and molecular characteristics in daycare centres in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where high antibiotic use and limited infection control measures present significant challenges.
Methods: Between November 2017 and July 2019, samples were collected from 20 daycare centres, including swabs from fomites and children.
J Hosp Infect
December 2024
Health - Exposure and Control Group, Health and Safety Executive Science and Research Centre, Buxton, UK. Electronic address:
Background: High consequence infectious diseases (HCID) include contact-transmissible viral haemorrhagic fevers and airborne-transmissible infections such as Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome. Assessing suspected HCID cases requires specialised infection control measures including patient isolation, personal protective equipment (PPE), and decontamination. There is need for an accessible course for NHS staff to improve confidence and competence in using HCID PPE outside specialist HCID centres.
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December 2024
6th Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
Norovirus, primarily transmitted via fomite route, poses a significant threat to global public health and the economy. Airports, as critical transportation hubs connecting people from around the world, has high potential risk of norovirus transmission due to large number of public surfaces. A total of 21.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe soles of staff shoes accessing vivaria can become contaminated on urban streets, potentially serving as a source of fomite-mediated transmission of adventitious agents to laboratory rodents. While shoe covers may mitigate this risk, donning them can lead to hand contamination. Staff accessing our vivaria use motor-driven shoe cleaners hundreds of times daily to remove and collect particulates via a vacuum collection system from the top, sole, and sides of shoes instead of shoe covers.
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