Virucidal Activity of World Health Organization–Recommended Formulations Against Enveloped Viruses, Including Zika, Ebola, and Emerging Coronaviruses

Siddharta, Anindya; Pfaender, Stephanie; J. Vielle, Nathalie; Dijkman, Ronald; Friesland, Martina; Becker, Britta; Yang, Jaewon; Engelmann, Michael; Tödt, Daniel; P. Windisch, Marc; H. H. Brill, Florian; Steinmann, Joerg; Steinmann, Jochen; Becker, Stephan; P. Alves, Marco; Pietschmann, Thomas; Eickmann, Markus; Thiel, Volker; Steinmann, Eike

doi:10.1093/infdis/jix046

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Virucidal Activity of World Health Organization–Recommended Formulations Against Enveloped Viruses, Including Zika, Ebola, and Emerging Coronaviruses

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jan 30, 2017

Authors:

Anindya Siddharta

Stephanie Pfaender

Nathalie J. Vielle

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) published 2 alcohol-based formulations to be used in healthcare settings and for outbreak-associated infections, but inactivation efficacies of these products have not been determined against (re-)emerging viruses. In this study, we evaluated the virucidal activit...

Subject

Middle East respiratory syndrome

Zika virus

Outbreak

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