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- Title
Inactivation of Human Viruses by Povidone-Iodine in Comparison with Other Antiseptics.
- Authors
Kawana, R.; Kitamura, T.; Nakagomi, O.; Matsumoto, I.; Arita, M.; Yoshihara, N.; Yanagi, K.; Yamada, A.; Morita, O.; Yoshida, Y.; Furuya, Y.; Chiba, S.
- Abstract
Inactivation of a range of viruses, such as adeno-, mumps, rota-, polio- (types 1 and 3), coxsackie-, rhino-, herpes simplex, rubella, measles, influenza and human immunodeficiency viruses, by povidone-iodine (PVP-I) and other commercially available antiseptics in Japan was studied in accordance with the standardized protocol in vitro. In these experiments, antiseptics such as PVP-I solution, PVP-I gargle, PVP-I cream, chlorhexidine gluconate, alkyldiamino-ethyl-glycine hydrochloride, benzalkonium chloride (BAC) and benzethonium chloride (BEC) were used. PVP-I was effective against all the virus species tested. PVP-I drug products, which were examined in these experiments, inactivated all the viruses within a short period of time. Rubella, measles, mumps viruses and HIV were sensitive to all of the antiseptics, and rotavirus was inactivated by BAC and BEC, while adeno-, polio- and rhinoviruses did not respond to the other antiseptics. PVP-I had a wider virucidal spectrum, covering both enveloped and nonenveloped viruses, than the other commercially available antiseptics. Copyright © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Dermatology (10188665), 1997, Vol 195, Issue S2, p29
- ISSN
1018-8665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000246027