December 2, 2020
Differential Effects of Antiseptic Mouth Rinses on SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity in Vitro
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
Keywords (Tags): non-pharm interventions
[Preprint, not peer reviewed] Molecular experiments of several commercially available mouth rinses and antiseptics (Listerine, chlorhexidine gluconate, povidone-iodine, and Colgate Peroxy) found that all products inactivated replication of competent SARS-CoV-2 viruses and pseudotyped viruses expressing spike proteins. The prolonged effect of mouth rinse induced cytotoxicity may impact anti-viral activity.
Xu et al. (Dec 1, 2020). Differential Effects of Antiseptic Mouth Rinses on SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity in Vitro. Pre-print downloaded Dec 2 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.01.405662