Effectiveness of liquid soap and hand sanitizer against Norwalk virus on contaminated hands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 394-399

  Liu, Pengbo ^a   Yuen, Yvonne ^a,c   Hsiao, Hui Mien ^a   Jaykus, Lee Ann ^b   Moe, Christine ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; DETECTION SIGNAL; HUMAN FINGERS; LIQUID SOAPS; NEW PRODUCT; NORWALK; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; WATER RINSE;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; DISINFECTANTS; ETHANOL; FUMIGATION; HYDROMETALLURGY; LIQUIDS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VIRUSES;

GENES;

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SOAP;

DNA; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VIRUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HAND; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; DISINFECTANTS; ETHANOL; HAND; HUMANS; NORWALK VIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOAPS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS;

EID: 75249086950     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01729-09     Document Type: Article

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