1. Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
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Carol K. Vincent, Sayandip Mukherjee, Harshinie W. Jayasekera, and Ashish Shrikant Yekhe
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Alcohol-based sanitizers ,Hand Sanitizers ,viruses ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,030231 tropical medicine ,Psychological intervention ,Soaps ,Antiviral Agents ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Hand sanitizer ,Hygiene ,Humans ,Medicine ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Intensive care medicine ,General Nursing ,030304 developmental biology ,media_common ,Proper hand ,0303 health sciences ,Personal care ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Public health ,fungi ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,COVID-19 ,body regions ,Infectious Diseases ,Alcohols ,Virus Inactivation ,Handwashes ,business ,Viral load ,Research Paper ,Hand Disinfection - Abstract
Background Non-therapeutic interventions such as practicing good hand hygiene continue to be the mainstay of protection from SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging respiratory viruses. Methods We have evaluated a range of commercially available personal care products including soaps, handwash liquids and alcohol-based hand sanitizers for antiviral efficacy against a clinical isolate of SARS-CoV-2 using internationally accepted standardized protocols at user-relevant contact time-points and product dilutions. Results All the tested products resulted in 3 to 4 log reduction of SARS-CoV-2 titer. Conclusion Our data re-affirms recommendations by global public health authorities that proper hand hygiene can reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load significantly which should likely limit spread of the contagion.
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- 2021
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