Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2018)

Two-Center Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy against Ebola Virus in Clinical and Laboratory Matrices

  • Sophie J. Smither,
  • Lin Eastaugh,
  • Claire Marie Filone,
  • Denise Freeburger,
  • Artemas Herzog,
  • M. Stephen Lever,
  • David M. Miller,
  • Dana Mitzel,
  • James W. Noah,
  • Mary S. Reddick-Elick,
  • Amy Reese,
  • Michael Schuit,
  • Carly B. Wlazlowski,
  • Michael Hevey,
  • Victoria Wahl-Jensen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170504
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 135 – 139

Abstract

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Ebola virus (EBOV) in body fluids poses risk for virus transmission. However, there are limited experimental data for such matrices on the disinfectant efficacy against EBOV. We evaluated the effectiveness of disinfectants against EBOV in blood on surfaces. Only 5% peracetic acid consistently reduced EBOV titers in dried blood to the assay limit of quantification.

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