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Fomites
Fomes Fo"mes, n.; pl. Fomites. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

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- A fomite (/ˈfoʊmaɪt/) or fomes (/ˈfoʊmiːz/) is any inanimate object that, when contaminated with or exposed to infectious agents (such as pathogenic bacteria...
- Bread & Sentences. Fomite. ISBN 9781937677886. Schumann, Peter (13 May 2015). Planet Kasper Volume Two: Comix & Tragix. Fomite. ISBN 9781937677190....
- also affects fomite transmission risk. Hand washing and periodic surface cleaning impede indirect contact transmission through fomites. Fomite transmission...
- or another illicit drug. Studies indicate that banknotes may serve as a fomite—an inanimate object that can spread disease if contaminated—though researchers...
- Lines of cocaine prepared for snorting. Contaminated currency such as banknotes might serve as a fomite of diseases like hepatitis C...
- Stories, Vox Humana Publishes, Israel/Canada, 2010 Carts and Other Stories, Fomite Press, USA, 2012 Time to Mow and Other Stories, All Things That matter Press...
- book, "The Saint I Ain't: Stories from Sycamore Street" was published by Fomite Press on February 9, 2021. It is a collection of fictional short stories...
- chicken serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are zoonosis and fomite. "ICTV Online (10th) Report Hepeviridae". "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved...
- PMID 23798026. S2CID 8563203. Cramer L (1 September 2011). "Fomites, fomites, fomites!". Microblogology. Archived from the original on 23 September...
- Goldman E (August 2020). "Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites". The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 20 (8): 892–893. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30561-2...