TY - JOUR AU - Smither, Sophie AU - Eastaugh, Lin AU - Filone, Claire Marie AU - Freeburger, Denise AU - Herzog, Artemas AU - Lever, M. Stephen AU - Miller, David AU - Mitzel, Dana AU - Noah, James AU - Reddick-Elick, Mary AU - Reese, Amy AU - Schuit, Michael AU - Wlazlowski, Carly AU - Hevey, Michael AU - Wahl-Jensen, Victoria T1 - Two-Center Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy against Ebola Virus in Clinical and Laboratory Matrices T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 135 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Ebola virus (EBOV) in body fluids poses risk for virus transmission. However, there are limited experimental data for such matrices on the disinfectant efficacy against EBOV. We evaluated the effectiveness of disinfectants against EBOV in blood on surfaces. Only 5% peracetic acid consistently reduced EBOV titers in dried blood to the assay limit of quantification. KW - Ebola virus KW - filovirus KW - viruses KW - disinfection KW - disinfectant efficacy KW - bleach KW - peracetic acid KW - clinical matrix KW - laboratory matrix KW - two-center evaluation DO - 10.3201/eid2401.170504 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/17-0504_article ER - End of Reference