Experimental Animals
Online ISSN : 1881-7122
Print ISSN : 1341-1357
ISSN-L : 0007-5124
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Evaluation of Four Antiseptics Using a Novel Murine Norovirus
Takashi MatsuhiraChizuko KajiShoichi MurakamiKazunori MaebashiTomoichiro OkaNaokazu TakedaKazuhiko Katayama
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2012 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 35-40

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We isolated a novel murine norovirus (MNV), MT30-2 strain, from feces of conventional mice in Japan to evaluate the virucidal activity of four antiseptics. The MNV MT30-2 strain was inactivated by as little as 0.2% (w/v) povidone-iodine (PVP-I) and 0.1% (w/v) sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) treatment as determined by a novel plaque assay. Importantly, PVP-I reduced the MNV titer by 4 log10 within 15 s of exposure. The other two antiseptics, benzethonium chloride (BEC) and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), did not reduce the MNV titer even when treatment lasted for 60 s. When the virus titer was reduced by PVP-I or NaOCl treatment, the amount of MNV RNA was not reduced, indicating that the presence of viral RNA was not related to the virucidal activity of the antiseptics. PVP-I and NaOCl will be useful in controlling the spread of MNV, which is a common problem in mice colonies. In this study, we isolated a novel MNV and newly revealed that two antiseptics (PVP-I and NaOCl) were able to inactivate MNV at low concentrations and in a short contact time.

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© 2012 Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
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