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fomite

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fomite [′fō‚mīt]
(medicine)
An inanimate object contaminated with an infectious organism (for example, a dish, clothing, towel, needle, or dust).


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The occurrence of influenza A virus on household and day care center fomites.
Though not scientifically proven, fomites are objects which transmit viruses from individual to individual.
They are in particular crucial in harbouring the body from dusts and last stuffs sounded off off by the fomite risen.
 
 
 
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