Cleanliness in context: reconciling hygiene with a modern microbial perspective

Cleanliness in context: reconciling hygiene with a modern microbial perspective

Abstract The concept of hygiene is rooted in the relationship between cleanliness and the maintenance of good health. Since the widespread acceptance of the germ theory of disease, hygiene has become increasingly conflated with sterilization. In reviewing studies across the hygiene literature (most...

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Main Authors: Roo Vandegrift, Ashley C. Bateman, Kyla N. Siemens, May Nguyen, Hannah E. Wilson, Jessica L. Green, Kevin G. Van Den Wymelenberg, Roxana J. Hickey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Hygiene
Microbiota
Microbiome
Skin
Microbial ecology
Hand hygiene
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0294-2

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