Significance of Fomites in the Spread of Respiratory and Enteric Viral Disease

Worldwide annually there are 1.7 million deaths from diarrheal diseases and 1.5 million deaths from respiratory infections ([56][1]). Viruses cause an estimated 60% of human infections, and most common illnesses are produced by respiratory and enteric viruses ([7][2], [49][3]). Unlike bacterial

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