Popular disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV)

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) which makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus and creates a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University.

“Because it is difficult to produce infectious HPV particles for research, little has been known about HPV susceptibility to disinfection,” said Craig Meyers, Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine.

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Popular disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus Penn State Hershey Newsroom

Source: Penn State Hershey Newsroom