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ArticleThe Journal of hospital infection2022

Virucidal activity of nasal sprays against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.

T L Meister, D Todt, Y Brüggemann, J Steinmann, S Banava, F H H Brill, J Steinmann, S Pfaender, E Steinmann

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Article in The Journal of hospital infection, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. COVID-19 Therapeutic Potential of Natural Products.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  5. Nasal sprays for treating COVID-19: a scientific note.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

T L MeisterDepartment for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
D TodtDepartment for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; European Virus Bioinformatics Centre, Jena, Germany.
Y BrüggemannDepartment for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
J SteinmannInstitute of Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Infectiology, General Hospital Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany.
S BanavaDepartment of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
F H H BrillDr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany.
J SteinmannDr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany.
S PfaenderDepartment for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
E SteinmannDepartment for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: eike.steinmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The highest viral loads of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 are detectable in the oral cavity, so a potential reduction of infectious virus by nasal and oral sprays could reduce transmission. Therefore, the inactivation capacity of nine nasal and oral sprays was evaluated according to EN 14476. One nasal spray based on sodium hypochlorite and one oral spray containing essential oils reduced viral titres by two to three orders of magnitude. Although clinical data are still sparse, nasal and oral sprays display a more convenient application for elderly people or those who are unable to rinse/gargle.

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COVID-19Nasal SpraysAgedHumansMouthMouthwashesSARS-CoV-2MouthwashesNasal SpraysInactivationNasal sprayNasopharynxOral cavityOral sprayQuantitative suspension testSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transmission

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PMID34752803
PMCPMC8572043

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