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Tiago M Henriques1,2, Beatriz Rito3, Diogo N Proença1,3

  • 1UCCCB-University of Coimbra Bacteria Culture Collection, Department of Life Science, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|September 9, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
Gram-negative bacteriaGram-positive bacteriaaerosolbacterial sporesbacteriophagedisinfectionfootwearpathogen transmission controltextilesultrasonic nebulization closet

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