Disinfection of human enteric viruses on fomites
| Autor: | F. Xavier Abad, Albert Bosch, Rosa M. Pintó |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Rotavirus
Surface Properties viruses Disinfectant medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Virus Bacteroides fragilis Feces Virology medicine Enterovirus Infections Environmental Microbiology Genetics Humans Screening tool Hepatovirus Molecular Biology biology Poliovirus Hepatitis A medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Hepatitis a virus Disinfection Polystyrenes Disinfectants |
| Zdroj: | FEMS Microbiology Letters. 156:107-111 |
| ISSN: | 0378-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0378-1097(97)00410-2 |
| Popis: | The virucidal action of several commercially available disinfectant preparations was assayed against hepatitis A virus and human rotavirus dried on polystyrene. Overall, the level of virus disinfection achieved was very poor, usually inducing less than 3 log titre reduction. Suspension tests performed with the same disinfectants showed different virus inactivation rates, thus failing to provide a reliable indication of the actual virus disinfection on fomites. In our studies, bacteriophages of Bacteroides fragilis proved to be a simple, cheap and reliable screening tool for the evaluation of virus disinfection on non-porous surfaces. The same conclusion cannot be drawn for poliovirus. |
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