Survival of pneumococcus on hands and fomites

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal hand contamination in Indigenous children in remote communities is common (37%). It is not clear whether this requires frequent inoculation, or if pneumococci will survive on hands for long periods of time. Thus the aim of this study was to determine the survival time of pne...

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Autores principales: Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, Crichton, Faith, Beissbarth, Jemima, Morris, Peter S, Leach, Amanda J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-112

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-112

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