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Filthy lucre: A metagenomic pilot study of microbes found on circulating currency in New York City

BACKGROUND: Paper currency by its very nature is frequently transferred from one person to another and represents an important medium for human contact with—and potential exchange of—microbes. In this pilot study, we swabbed circulating $1 bills obtained from a New York City bank in February (Winter...

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Autores principales: Maritz, Julia M., Sullivan, Steven A., Prill, Robert J., Aksoy, Emre, Scheid, Paul, Carlton, Jane M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28384336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175527