Evaluation of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB) as a Disinfectant for Adenovirus
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Evaluation of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) as a disinfectant for adenovirus.
IMPORTANCE Swimming pools can be a vector for transmission of adenovirus ocular infections. Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) is a disinfectant used in swimming pools and hot tubs. OBJECTIVE To determine whether PHMB is an effective disinfectant against ocular adenovirus serotypes at a concentration used to disinfect swimming pools and hot tubs. DESIGN In vitro laboratory study. INTERVEN...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Ophthalmology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2168-6165
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.2498