Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Surgical Masks Infused with Quaternary Ammonium Salts

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for protective and effective personal protective equipment (PPE). Research has shown that SARS-CoV-2 can survive on personal protective equipment, such as commonly used surgical masks. Methods are needed to inactivate virus on contaminated material. W...

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Autores principales: Selwyn, Gary S., Ye, Chunyan, Bradfute, Steven B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34067345
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13060960
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description The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for protective and effective personal protective equipment (PPE). Research has shown that SARS-CoV-2 can survive on personal protective equipment, such as commonly used surgical masks. Methods are needed to inactivate virus on contaminated material. We show here that embedding viral-disinfecting compounds during the manufacturing of surgical masks inactivates a high dose (up to 1 × 10(5) pfu) of live, authentic SARS-CoV-2 within minutes.
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spelling pubmed-82246332021-06-25 Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Surgical Masks Infused with Quaternary Ammonium Salts Selwyn, Gary S. Ye, Chunyan Bradfute, Steven B. Viruses Communication The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for protective and effective personal protective equipment (PPE). Research has shown that SARS-CoV-2 can survive on personal protective equipment, such as commonly used surgical masks. Methods are needed to inactivate virus on contaminated material. We show here that embedding viral-disinfecting compounds during the manufacturing of surgical masks inactivates a high dose (up to 1 × 10(5) pfu) of live, authentic SARS-CoV-2 within minutes. MDPI 2021-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8224633/ /pubmed/34067345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13060960 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Surgical Masks Infused with Quaternary Ammonium Salts
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title_full Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Surgical Masks Infused with Quaternary Ammonium Salts
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title_short Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Surgical Masks Infused with Quaternary Ammonium Salts
title_sort anti-sars-cov-2 activity of surgical masks infused with quaternary ammonium salts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224633/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13060960
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