Definition of Fomites. Meaning of Fomites. Synonyms of Fomites

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Definition of Fomites

Fomites
Fomes Fo"mes, n.; pl. Fomites. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

Meaning of Fomites from wikipedia

- sources of virus. For humans, common hospital fomites are skin cells, hair, clothing, and bedding. Fomites are ****ociated particularly with hospital-acquired...
- PMID 23798026. S2CID 8563203. Cramer L (1 September 2011). "Fomites, fomites, fomites!". Microblogology. Archived from the original on 23 September...
- a highly contagious virus transmitted through respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify...
- as food, water, blood and fomites can act as p****ive transmission points between reservoirs and susceptible hosts. Fomites are inanimate objects (door****s...
- 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...
- birds, and humans serve as the natural hosts. Transmission routes are fomites, contact, urine, ****, and saliva. Between 2011 and 2013, three German...
- contaminated water; recent evidence suggests that it can also be transmitted via fomites contaminated with respiratory secretions. Cryptosporidium is commonly isolated...
- biting), or indirect contact through air – cough or sneeze (vectors or fomites that allow the transmission of the agent causing the disease without physical...
- needles/syringes Human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) Coronaviridae droplet contact fomites common cold pneumonia bronchiolitis Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63)...
- Rhinoviruses are transmitted through aerosols, respiratory droplets, fomites, and direct person-to-person contact. They primarily infect nasal epithelial...