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SUBMITTER: Than TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Than Thoa Thi TT Jo Eunji E Todt Daniel D Nguyen Phuong Hong PH Steinmann Jochen J Steinmann Eike E Windisch Marc P MP
The Journal of infectious diseases 20190301 7
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is considered a major public health problem worldwide, and a significant number of reports on nosocomial and occupational outbreaks have been reported. This systematic investigation of HBV stability and susceptibility to different antiseptics revealed that HBV infectivity was very stable, with a half-life of >22 days at 37°C. At 4°C, infectivity was barely reduced for up to 9 months. Different alcohols and commercially available hand antiseptics had a virucidal ...[more]