Effect of alkaline glutaraldehyde on hepatitis B virus antigens
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 2 (4) , 316-320
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02019460
Abstract
The potential of alkaline 2 % glutaraldehyde solutions, with and without surface active agents, to alter the antigenicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) was analyzed and compared to the antigenic alternation capacities of 0.525 % sodium hypochlorite and 2.02 % formaldehyde solutions. After treatment of a hepatitis B surface antigen-positive plasma at room temperature for 10 min, there was a 51–67 % reduction in surface antigen level and a 90–94 % decrease in hepatitis B core antigenicity. Glutaraldehyde is proposed as an alternative to the more noxious hypochlorite and formaldehyde solutions for disinfection of HBV-contaminated articles.Keywords
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