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Viability of human adenovirus from hospital fomites.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2014
Ganime Ana Carolina, Carvalho-Costa Filipe A, Santos Marisa, Costa Filho Rubens, Leite José Paulo G, Miagostovich Marize P
Abstract excerpt
The monitoring of environmental microbial contamination in healthcare facilities may be a valuable tool to determine pathogens transmission in those settings; however, such procedure is limited to bacterial indicators. Viruses are found commonly in those environments and are rarely used for these procedures. The aim of this study was to assess distribution and viability of a human DNA virus on fomites in an Adult...
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