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Spontaneous face- and eye-touching: Infection risk versus potential microbiome gain

The COVID-19 pandemic has piqued interest in spontaneous face-touch as a possible route of microbial infection, with eye-touch of particular importance since the ocular surface is a likely portal of human Coronavirus infection. Spontaneous face-touching is a poorly understood, ingrained habit for hu...

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Autores principales: Spencer, Sascha K.R., Francis, Ian C., Coroneo, Minas T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8086376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33940169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2021.04.008