Viability of human adenovirus from hospital fomites

Writing pens as fomites in hospital.

available method used for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Though direct smear microscopy has the advantage of being simple to perform, rapid, less cumbersome, and above all it is inexpensive it has a major disadvantage of having a discouragingly low sensitivity. Therefore, if only direct microscopic method was used for diagnosis, around 22.6% cases with lower AFB counts would have been missed in our...

Production of Recombinant Adenovirus Containing Human Interlukin-4 Gene

Objective(s) Recombinant adenoviruses are currently used for a variety of purposes, including in vitro gene transfer, in vivo vaccination, and gene therapy. Ability to infect many cell types, high efficiency in gene transfer, entering both dividing and non dividing cells, and growing to high titers make this virus a good choice for using in various experiments. In the present experiment, a reco...

Molecular Investigation of the Human Adenovirus in Retinoblastoma Patients

Background and Aims: Retinoblastoma tumors are the most common intraocular malignancy in childhood, leading to death after two years. The Human Adenovirus (HAdV) infection could be critical in the retinoblastoma pathogenesis due to the virus and retinoblastoma 1 interactions. The objective of the current study was to investigate the possible presence of the HAdV genome in the retinoblastoma pat...

The Occurrence of Adenovirus Precipitating Antibodies in Human Sera in IRAN

The Survival and Recovery of φ6 Virus from Fomites

Viral transmission from the environment can occur via fomites, but there is uncertainty about which factors most affect viral persistence on fomites. Children are a population highly susceptible to viral infection, and sharing common fomites like toys may spread infection. The objective of this research was to assess the survival of enveloped viruses on the surfaces of children’s toys, using ba...