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Posted Thu May 22 2014: from American Society for Microbiology:
Harmful bacteria can linger on airplane seat-back pockets, armrests for days http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1400770948
Disease-causing bacteria can linger on surfaces commonly found in airplane cabins for days, even up to a week, according to research. In order for disease-causing bacteria to be transmitted from a cabin surface to a person, it must survive the environmental conditions in the airplane. In this study, MRSA lasted longest (168 hours) on material from the seat-back pocket while E. coli O157:H7 survived longest (96 hours) on the material from the armrest.
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