A study to investigate the importance of purses as fomites

Background: Purses hardly get washed and are discarded, mostly, when they are no longer usable. This study aims to investigate whether women′s and men′s purses can serve as fomites. Materials and Methods: A total of 145 purses from 80  women and  65 men were swabbed and cultured. The bacteria were...

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Main Authors: Susheela D Biranjia-Hurdoyal, Shailendra Deerpaul, G Krishna Permal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Advanced Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2015;volume=4;issue=1;spage=102;epage=102;aulast=Biranjia-Hurdoyal