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....

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...

also affects fomite transmission risk. Hand washing and periodic surface cleaning impede indirect contact transmission through fomites. Fomite transmission...

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...

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...

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...

PMID 23798026. S2CID 8563203. Cramer L (1 September 2011). "Fomites, fomites, fomites!". Microblogology. Archived from the original on 23 September...

Lines of cocaine prepared for snorting. Contaminated currency such as banknotes might serve as a fomite of diseases like hepatitis C...

in the air, which could occur through face-to-face contact or through fomites. Infection with variola minor virus conferred immunity against the more...

through contact with a person, bodily fluids, or intermediate objects (fomites) can also occur, since influenza viruses can survive for hours on non-porous...

another host, depending on the coronavirus species, by either an aerosol, fomite, or fecal-oral route. Human coronaviruses infect the epithelial cells of...

exclusively via sexual contact. There is also a risk of infection from fomites (objects which can become infectious after being touched by an infected...

outbreak led to the addition of novel words to the main dictionary (e.g., fomite) and the slang dictionary (e.g., rona). Lexico Lists of dictionaries "Dictionary...

physical contact – usually by touching a contaminated surface, including soil (fomite) fecal–oral transmission – usually from unwashed hands, contaminated food...

spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify...

SARS-CoV is contact of the mucous membranes with respiratory droplets or fomites. As with all respiratory pathogens once presumed to transmit via respiratory...

contact sports or sexual activity), contact with an infected surface (fomite), or autoinoculation (self-infection) by scratching or picking molluscum...

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...

chicken serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are zoonosis and fomite. "ICTV Online (10th) Report Hepeviridae". "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved...

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...

or saliva from a natural reservoir rodent. In general, droplet and/or fomite transfer has not been shown in the hantaviruses in either the pulmonary...

via airborne droplets, direct contact with infected nasal secretions, or fomites (contaminated objects). Which of these routes is of primary importance...

that COVID-19 could be spread by contact with contaminated surfaces or fomites—even though this is an uncommon transmission route for other respiratory...

bedding, food dishes, fur) or by other animals, fleas, and humans (see: fomites). It persists long after evidence of the original body secretion has faded...

propagate through direct contact with an infected host, indirect contact with fomites, or through particles in the air. In 1668, Italian physician Francesco...

Ringworm lesion on forearm caused by Microsporum gypseum, incurred from fomite exposure through handling of firewood...

as food, water, blood and fomites can act as passive transmission points between reservoirs and susceptible hosts. Fomites are inanimate objects (doorknobs...

(no vaccine or preventive drug) Barrier precautions, washing hands and fomite disinfection in hospitals epidermidis Human flora in skin, anterior nares...