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: Received: 3 May 2020 / Approved: 5 May 2020 / Online: 5 May 2020 (04:09:48 CEST)
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: Received: 7 May 2020 / Approved: 7 May 2020 / Online: 7 May 2020 (13:48:05 CEST)
Version 3
: Received: 6 July 2021 / Approved: 6 July 2021 / Online: 6 July 2021 (11:30:53 CEST)
How to cite:
Chaudhary, N. K.; Chaudhary, N.; Dahal, M.; Guragain, B.; Rai, S.; Chaudhary, R.; Sachin, K.; Lamichhane-Khadka, R.; Bhattarai, A. Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap. Preprints2020, 2020050060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1
Chaudhary, N. K.; Chaudhary, N.; Dahal, M.; Guragain, B.; Rai, S.; Chaudhary, R.; Sachin, K.; Lamichhane-Khadka, R.; Bhattarai, A. Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap. Preprints 2020, 2020050060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1
Chaudhary, N. K.; Chaudhary, N.; Dahal, M.; Guragain, B.; Rai, S.; Chaudhary, R.; Sachin, K.; Lamichhane-Khadka, R.; Bhattarai, A. Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap. Preprints2020, 2020050060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1
APA Style
Chaudhary, N. K., Chaudhary, N., Dahal, M., Guragain, B., Rai, S., Chaudhary, R., Sachin, K., Lamichhane-Khadka, R., & Bhattarai, A. (2020). Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Chaudhary, N. K., Reena Lamichhane-Khadka and Ajaya Bhattarai. 2020 "Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1
Abstract
Today, the entire globe is struggling to deal with the greatest pandemic of the century, COVID-19. With no clinically approved treatments available, we are left with no options other than following the preventive measures issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). Among many others, hand washing with soap and water has been emphasized the most because it is cost-effective and easily accessible to the general public. Various studies have reported that soaps offer unique chemical properties that can disinfect the virus as a whole. However, there is still ambiguity in the general public about whether soaps can really shield us from this highly contagious disease. In an attempt to help eliminate the ambiguity, we analyzed the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of soap and its prospect for preventing the spread of COVID-19. In this paper, we have provided an overview of the history and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the detailed mechanisms of the deactivation of viruses by soaps, and the potential effectiveness of soap in eliminating coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords
COVID-19; SARS-Cov-2; soap; hand washing; WHO
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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