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Clinical Trial
. 1984 Dec;26(6):928-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.26.6.928.

Inactivation of rhinovirus on human fingers by virucidal activity of glutaric acid

G F Hayden, D Deforest, J O Hendley, J M Gwaltney Jr
Clinical Trial

Inactivation of rhinovirus on human fingers by virucidal activity of glutaric acid

G F Hayden et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1984 Dec.

Abstract

Hand lotion containing 2% glutaric acid was significantly more effective than placebo in inactivating rhinovirus serotype 2 on the fingers of human volunteers. It may be possible to develop safe, cosmetically acceptable hand lotions which have durable virucidal activity and can interrupt the hand-to-hand transmission of rhinovirus colds.

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