@article{PAR00011803,
  title = {{P}aper money and coins as potential vectors of transmissible disease},
  author = {{A}ngelakis, {E}. and {A}zhar, {E}. {I}. and {B}ibi, {F}. and {Y}asir, {M}. and {A}l-{G}hamdi, {A}. {K}. and {A}shshi, {A}. {M}. and {E}lshemi, {A}. {G}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}aper currency and coins may be a public health risk when associated with the simultaneous handling of food and could lead to the spread of nosocomial infections. {B}anknotes recovered from hospitals may be highly contaminated by {S}taphylococcus aureus. {S}almonella species, {E}scherichia coli and {S}. aureus are commonly isolated from banknotes from food outlets. {L}aboratory simulations revealed that methicillin-resistant {S}. aureus can easily survive on coins, whereas {E}. coli, {S}almonella species and viruses, including human influenza virus, {N}orovirus, {R}hinovirus, hepatitis {A} virus, and {R}otavirus, can be transmitted through hand contact. {L}arge-scale, 16{S} r{RNA}, metagenomic studies and culturomics have the capacity to dramatically expand the known diversity of bacteria and viruses on money and fomites. {T}his review summarizes the latest research on the potential of paper currency and coins to serve as sources of pathogenic agents.},
  keywords = {coins ; fomites ; paper money ; transmissible disease},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}uture {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {249--261},
  ISSN = {1746-0913},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.2217/fmb.13.161},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00011803},
}