SARS-CoV-2 detection is independent of microbiome composition on surfaces in a major Ontario hospital

• Nikhil A. George,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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• Lauren Bradford,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Mechanistic Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Aaron Hinz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Marita El Kadi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Lydia Xing,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Evgueni Doukhanine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DNA Genotek Incorporated, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Derek R. MacFadden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Caroline Nott,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael Fralick,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Rees Kassen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Alex Wong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Laura A. Hug

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: laura.hug@uwaterloo.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-9428

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