Minimal influenza virus transmission from touching contaminated face masks: a laboratory study

被引：1
作者：
Fan, Yuxuan [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Nishimura, Hidekazu [1 ]
Sakata, Soichiro [4 ]
Okada, Yasuhiro [5 ]
Ebihara, Satoru [2 ]
Tang, Julian W. [6 ,7 ]
Kohzuki, Masahiro [2 ,8 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Hosp Org, Virus Res Ctr, Sendai Med Ctr, Clin Res Div, 2-11-12 Miyagino, Sendai, Miyagino 9838520, Japan
[2] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Internal Med & Rehabil Sci, Sendai, Japan
[3] Tongji Univ, Tongji Hosp, Dept Rehabil, Sch Med, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[4] Mediair Japan Inc, Yokohama, Japan
[5] Kao Corp, Personal Hlth Care Prod Res, Tokyo, Japan
[6] Univ Hosp Leicester NHS Trust, Dept Clin Microbiol, Leicester, England
[7] Univ Leicester, Resp Sci, Leicester, England
[8] Yamagata Prefectural Univ Hlth Sci, Yamagata, Japan
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2024年 / 14卷 / 01期
关键词：
EFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL;
D O I：
10.1038/s41598-024-70615-z
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
The risk of virus transmission via the touching of contaminated masks has long been assumed by infection control teams. Yet, robust evidence to support this belief has been lacking. This risk was investigated in a laboratory setting by measuring the amount of viable influenza virus successfully transferred from artificially contaminated medical (surgical) mask surfaces to a human finger used to swipe their outer surface under various experimental conditions. Despite being exposed to high levels of virus contamination on the masks, very little or no viable virus was successfully transferred from the mask to the finger in these experiments.
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