Maintenance of influenza virus infectivity on the surfaces of personal protective equipment and clothing used in healthcare settings

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Sakaguchi, Hiroko ^a   Wada, Koji ^b   Kajioka, Jitsuo ^a   Watanabe, Mayumi ^a   Nakano, Ryuichi ^a   Hirose, Tatsuko ^a   Ohta, Hiroshi ^b   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control; Cross infection; Environment; Infectivity; Influenza

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; GLOVE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS; MASK; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 78249245694     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0149-y     Document Type: Article

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