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Evaluation of the Virucidal Activity of Chemical Disinfectants and Antiseptics: The European Point of View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Graziella Morace ,
Kathryn Bellamy ,
Pierre Maris  and
Jochen Steinmann
Graziella Morace*
Affiliation:
Centro per la Ricerca e la Valutazione dei Prodotti Immunobiologici, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Kathryn Bellamy
Affiliation:
Unilever Research and Development, Colworth Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Pierre Maris
Affiliation:
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, Fougères, France
Jochen Steinmann
Affiliation:
MikroLab, Bremen, Germany
*
Centro per la Ricerca e la Valutazione dei Prodotti Immunobiologici, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy(graziella.morace@iss.it)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 301 - 302
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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