Everything about Fomite totally explained
A
fomite is any object or
substance capable of carrying
infectious organisms (such as
germs or
parasites) and hence transferring them from one individual to another. A fomite can be anything such as a cloth or mop heads so when cleaning this is important to remember that this could aid when spreading pathogenic organisms.
Researchers discovered that smooth (non-porous) surfaces transmit bacteria and viruses better than porous materials; so one is more likely to pick-up a disease from a door knob than from paper money. The reasoning is that porous, especially fibrous, materials absorb and trap the contagion, making it harder to contract through simply touching.
Etymology
The word
fomite is a back-formation from the plural
fomites, which was originally the Latin plural of the singular,
fomes, literally meaning touchwood or tinder. In classical Latin,
fomites was pronounced like a concatenation of English "foe" + "me" + "tays"; but "foe" + "mites" has now become a common pronunciation, and "fomite" (also pronounced with a long 'i') is the singular form in English.
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