Viruses can Contaminate Buildings

Researchers found that contamination of just a single doorknob or table top results in the spread of viruses throughout office buildings, hotels and health care facilities, using tracer viruses. Within 2 to 4 hours, the virus could be detected on 40 to 60 percent of workers and visitors in the facilities and commonly touched objects, according to research presented at the 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), an infectious ...