Fomites, hands, and the transmission of respiratory viruses

J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 Jan;18(1):1-3. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2020.1845343. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Authors

Thomas P Weber¹, Nikolaos I Stilianakis^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, Brussels, Belgium.
² European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
³ Department of Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 33284735
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2020.1845343

No abstract available

Keywords: Contact; fomites; hands; skin; transmission mode; virus.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / transmission*
Fomites / virology*
Hand / virology
Humans
Influenza, Human / transmission
Orthomyxoviridae / physiology
SARS-CoV-2 / physiology
Skin / virology*