Effectiveness of common household cleaning agents in reducing the viability of human influenza A/H1N1

Jane S Greatorex; Rosanna F Page; Martin D Curran; Paul Digard; Joanne E Enstone; Tim Wreghitt; Penny Powell; Darren Sexton; Roberto Vivancos; Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008987

Effectiveness of common household cleaning agents in reducing the viability of human influenza A/H1N1

Jane S Greatorex, Rosanna F Page, Martin D Curran, Paul Digard, Joanne E Enstone, Tim Wreghitt, Penny Powell, Darren Sexton, Roberto Vivancos, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam

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Abstract

In the event of an influenza pandemic, the majority of people infected will be nursed at home. It is therefore important to determine simple methods for limiting the spread of the virus within the home. The purpose of this work was to test a representative range of common household cleaning agents for their effectiveness at killing or reducing the viability of influenza A virus.

Original language	English
Article number	e8987
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008987
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2010

Keywords

Virus Inactivation
Animals
Disinfectants
Humans
Chick Embryo
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Cell Line
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype

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Use of facemasks in pandemic influenza control - can they be re-used? (Health Protection Agency)
Powell, P., Hunter, P. & Sexton, D.
Health Protection Agency
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