Inactivation of yellow fever virus by WHO-recommended hand rub formulations and surface disinfectants.

• Main Authors: Toni Luise Meister (Author), Nicola Frericks (Author), Robin D V Kleinert (Author), Estefanía Rodríguez (Author), Joerg Steinmann (Author), Daniel Todt (Author), Richard J P Brown (Author), Eike Steinmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite continued outbreaks of yellow fever virus (YFV) in endemic regions, data on its environmental stability or guidelines for its effective inactivation is limited. Here, we evaluated the susceptibility of the YFV 17D vaccine strain to inactivation by ethanol, 2-propanol, World Health Organizati...