Testing of the Adhesion of Herpes Simplex Virus on Textile Substrates and Its Inactivation by Household Laundry Processes  

作　　者：Anja Gerhardts Dirk Bockmühl Andrea Kyas Anja Hofmann Mirko Weide Ingrid Rapp Dirk Höfer Anja Gerhardts;Dirk Bockmühl;Andrea Kyas;Anja Hofmann;Mirko Weide;Ingrid Rapp;Dirk Höfer(William-Küster-Institut for Hygiene, Environment & Medicine, Hohenstein Institute for Textilinnovation gGmbH, Boen-nigheim, Germany;Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Hygiene and Microbiology, Kleve, Germany;Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Corporate Scientific Services, Duesseldorf, Germany;Labor Dr. Merk & Kollegen GmbH, Ochsenhausen, Germany;Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, International R&D Laundry & Home Care, Duesseldorf, Germany)

机构地区：[1]William-Kü ster-Institut for Hygiene, Environment & Medicine, Hohenstein Institute for Textilinnovation gGmbH, Boen-nigheim, Germany [2]Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Hygiene and Microbiology, Kleve, Germany [3]Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Corporate Scientific Services, Duesseldorf, Germany [4]Labor Dr. Merk & Kollegen GmbH, Ochsenhausen, Germany [5]Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, International R&D Laundry & Home Care, Duesseldorf, Germany

出　　处：《Journal of Biosciences and Medicines》2016年第12期111-125,共15页生物科学与医学（英文）

摘　　要：Viral infections like Herpes simplex increasingly pose a serious threat to European health care systems and welfare of the population. Indirect transmission routes of infections via inanimate surfaces are often underestimated. In this study, we investigated the adhesion and persistence of Herpes simplex virus on cotton fabrics as well as its inactivation by domestic laundry. Virus adhesion to textile fibers was distinct, because viral DNA was detectable on fabrics for at least 48 hours after contamination as well as after home laundry. Particles remained infectious for several hours at room temperature and partially for 48 hours at 2℃ - 8℃. Nevertheless, domestic laundry was able to inactivate virus particles given that detergents were adequately used. This confirmed that standard household laundry processes, as established in Europe, are a suitable tool to reduce infectious Herpes virus particles from textiles, thereby supporting the prevention of infections circulating in the household and community.Viral infections like Herpes simplex increasingly pose a serious threat to European health care systems and welfare of the population. Indirect transmission routes of infections via inanimate surfaces are often underestimated. In this study, we investigated the adhesion and persistence of Herpes simplex virus on cotton fabrics as well as its inactivation by domestic laundry. Virus adhesion to textile fibers was distinct, because viral DNA was detectable on fabrics for at least 48 hours after contamination as well as after home laundry. Particles remained infectious for several hours at room temperature and partially for 48 hours at 2℃ - 8℃. Nevertheless, domestic laundry was able to inactivate virus particles given that detergents were adequately used. This confirmed that standard household laundry processes, as established in Europe, are a suitable tool to reduce infectious Herpes virus particles from textiles, thereby supporting the prevention of infections circulating in the household and community.

关 键 词：Home Laundry Herpes Simplex Disinfectant Laundry Processes Inactivation of Viruses 

分 类 号：TS1[轻工技术与工程—纺织科学与工程]