The Stability of Model Human Coronaviruses on Textiles in the Environment and during Health Care Laundering | Zendy

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The Stability of Model Human Coronaviruses on Textiles in the Environment and during Health Care Laundering

Author(s) -

Lucy Owen,

Maitreyi Shivkumar,

Katie Laird

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

msphere

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2379-5042

DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00316-21

Subject(s) - textile , human health , covid-19 , coronavirus , polyester , business , virology , materials science , medicine , environmental health , composite material , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak

Synthetic textiles such as polyester could potentially act as fomites of human coronaviruses, indicating the importance of infection control procedures during handling of contaminated textiles prior to laundering. This study provides novel evidence that human coronaviruses can persist on textiles for up to 3 days and are readily transferred from polyester textile to other surfaces after 72 h of incubation.

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