Assessing the potential for fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2

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¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: k.short@uq.edu.au.
² WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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Kirsty R Short et al. Lancet Microbe. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;4(6):e380-e381.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00099-X. Epub 2023 Apr 6.

¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: k.short@uq.edu.au.
² WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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Risk factors and vectors for SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study.
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