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. 2020 Aug 25;8:e9790. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9790

Table 1. In vitro survival of microorganisms on textiles.

Microorganism Surface Survival Reference
E. coli,
S. aureus
Cotton and polyester 5 log10 survived on cotton for 21 days; 0.16–0.28 log 10 survived on polyester for 21 days Riley et al. (2017)
E. faecium, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa Cotton 4–5 log10E. faecium and S. aureus survived for 21 days. P. aeruginosa survived for 20 days. Fijan, Pahor & Turk (2017)
Faecal coliforms Cotton, blended textile and silk Faecal coliforms survived for 120 days on cotton and blended textile at 25 °C (>1.1 ×104 CFU/ml). 1.1 ×102 CFU/ml survive on silk over 120 days. Colclasure et al. (2015)
Candida spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium sp., Mucor sp., Paecilomyces sp. Cotton, terry, blended textile, polyester and spandex Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. survived for 1 to >30. days Fusarium sp. for 4 to >30 days, Mucor sp. for 6 to >30 days and Paecilomyces sp. for <1 to 11 days. Neely & Orloff (2001)
SARS-CoV Cotton and disposable gowns SARS-CoV survived on a cotton gown for 5 min at an inoculum of 104 TCID50/ml and 24 h at an inoculum of 106 TCID50/ml.
Survival on a disposable gown was 1 h at 104 TCID50/ml and 2 days at 106 TCID50/ml.
Lai, Cheng & Lim (2005)
SARS-CoV-2 Cloth and surgical masks SARS-CoV-2 persisted on cloth for 2 days, compared to 4 days on glass and bank notes to 7 days on surgical masks, stainless steel and plastic. Chin et al. (2020)
HSV-1 Cotton Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) in the presence of artificial soiling (bovine serum albumin and sheep erythrocytes) gradually reduces on cotton surfaces over time with a 1 log10 reduction after 30 min and complete inactivation within 48 h. Gerhardts et al. (2016)
Poliovirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus and murine norovirus Cotton, wool, gauze and diaper material Poliovirus survives at room temperature for 84–140 days on wool and 42–84 days on cotton, adenovirus and hepatitis A remaining infectious for 60 days in cotton and murine norovirus surviving for 40 days on gauze and diaper material. Yeargin et al. (2016)
HCoV OC43 and 229E Cotton gauze sponge HCoV 229E remained infectious for 12 h and OC43 for 3 h (initial titre 5 ×105 TCID50/ml). Sizun, Yu & Talbot (2000)