Microbial Exchange via Fomites and Implications for Human Health

Fomites are inanimate objects that become colonized with microbes and serve as potential intermediaries for transmission to/from humans. This review summarizes recent literature on fomite contamination and microbial survival in the built environment, transmission between fomites and humans, and implications for human health.Applications of molecular sequencing techniques to analyze microbial samples have increased our understanding of the...