Comparative Assessment of the Efficacy of Commercial Hand Sanitizers Against Human Norovirus Evaluated by an in vivo Fingerpad Method

Comparative Assessment of the Efficacy of Commercial Hand Sanitizers Against Human Norovirus Evaluated by an in vivo Fingerpad Method

Human noroviruses (hNoV) are the leading cause of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and contaminated hands play a significant role in the spread of disease. Some hand sanitizers claim to interrupt hNoV transmission, but their antiviral efficacy on human hands is poorly characterized. The...

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Main Authors: Blanca I. Escudero-Abarca, Rebecca M. Goulter, Clyde S. Manuel, Rachel A. Leslie, Kristen Green, James W. Arbogast, Lee-Ann Jaykus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
human norovirus
hand sanitizer
hand hygiene
fingerpad method
alcohol
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.869087/full

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