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Definition of Fomites

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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- sources of virus. For humans, common hospital fomites are skin cells, hair, clothing, and bedding. Fomites are ****ociated particularly with hospital-acquired...
- PMID 23798026. S2CID 8563203. Cramer L (1 September 2011). "Fomites, fomites, fomites!". Microblogology. Archived from the original on 23 September...
- stages that are excreted in **** or through inhalation of coughed on fomites and are capable of transmission to a new host. A number of species infect...
- a highly contagious virus transmitted through respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify...
- in the air, which could occur through face-to-face contact or through fomites. Infection with variola minor virus conferred immunity against the more...
- 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...
- through contact with a person, bodily fluids, or intermediate objects (fomites) can also occur, since influenza viruses can survive for hours on non-porous...
- as food, water, blood and fomites can act as p****ive transmission points between reservoirs and susceptible hosts. Fomites are inanimate objects (door****s...
- or another illicit drug. Studies indicate that banknotes may serve as a fomite—an inanimate object that can spread disease if contaminated—though researchers...
- Rhinoviruses are transmitted through aerosols, respiratory droplets, fomites, and direct person-to-person contact. They primarily infect nasal epithelial...