| Literature DB >> 18621868 |
Yoshifumi Masago1, Tomoyuki Shibata, Joan B Rose.
Abstract
Decay rates of bacteriophage P22 and Staphylococcus aureus on six types of common household inanimate surfaces were evaluated based on cultivation and quantitative PCR. A much higher level of inactivation was observed using the plate assay, suggesting that detection of the pathogen genome in samples from fomites does not necessarily imply a health risk to humans.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18621868 PMCID: PMC2547042 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00352-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792