Human pathogenic bacteria on high-touch dry surfaces can be controlled by warming to human-skin temperature under moderate humidity

• Ayano Konno,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Torahiko Okubo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Yoshiaki Enoeda,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Tomoko Uno,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Nursing, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Fundamental Nursing, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Toyotaka Sato,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan, One Health Research Center, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Yokota,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Rika Yano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Fundamental Nursing, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-3361

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