Collected Item: “Survival of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus on the human skin: Importance of hand hygiene in COVID-19”
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Survival of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus on the human skin: Importance of hand hygiene in COVID-19
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Research manuscript
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This is a manuscript published recently in Japan regarding the survival time of COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) and the influenza A virus (IAV). Overall, the results showed that SARS-CoV-2 and IAV were inactivated more rapidly on skin surfaces than on other surfaces such as stainless steel/glass/plastic. However, the survival time of SARS-CoV-2 was significantly longer for than for IAV. Moreover, both SARS-CoV-2 and IAV in the mucus/medium on human skin were completely inactivated within 15 s by ethanol treatment. This showed that the COVID-19 virus we are facing now survives longer on our skin than influenza A virus, and thus it could spread much easier. Also, this paper shows the importance of sanitization, and how ethanol is one method that is useful in helping the virus to not be spread.
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HSE, research, santize, influenza A, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Japan
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https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1517/5917611
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Ryohei Hirose, Hiroshi Ikegaya, Yuji Naito, Naoto Watanabe, Takuma Yoshida, Risa Bandou, Tomo Daidoji, Yoshito Itoh, Takaaki Nakaya
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2020-03-03