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Determining the efficacy of 27 commercially available disinfectants against human noroviruses

Jae-Woong Lee, L. Kang, Min-kyeong Kim, Jeong-Soon Kim, M. Kim, Sung-Geun Lee, I. Choi, Chul-Jong Park et al.

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2021

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

Recently, monoclonal-antibody-conjugated immunomagnetic separation (IMS) procedure combined with quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) has been used for quantifying non-cultivated human noroviruses (HuNoVs).

METHODS

We examined the efficacy of 27 commercially available disinfectants and a prototype against GII.4 strain HuNoV through the IMS/qRT-PCR assay.

RESULTS

The average log reduction in viral titer in vitro varied among the disinfectants. The prototype was the most effective with an average log reduction of 6.86 log.

CONCLUSIONS

The IMS/RT-qPCR assay is an effective method to evaluate the activities of disinfectants against GII.4 HuNoV in vitro. Further work is needed to enhance the virucidal activity of the prototype disinfectant against more resistant HuNoV strains.

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