Viral contamination of aerosol and surfaces through toilet use in health care and other settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 758-762

  Verani, Marco ^a   Bigazzi, Roberto ^b   Carducci, Annalaura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Leghorn   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Enteric viruses; Surfaces; Toilet flushing

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; WATER; AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT M; DISINFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RHINOVIRUS; SANITATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRUS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; TOILET FACILITIES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84903268471     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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