Luminore CopperTouch Surface Coating Effectively Inactivates SARS-CoV-2, Ebola Virus, and Marburg Virus In Vitro
Emily K Mantlo1, Slobodan Paessler1, Alexey Seregin1
1University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|April 27, 2021
Abstract:
We investigated the ability of Luminore CopperTouch copper and copper-nickel surfaces to inactivate filoviruses and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The copper and copper-nickel surfaces inactivated 99.9% of Ebola and Marburg viruses after 30 min, and the copper surfaces inactivated 99% of SARS-CoV-2 in 2 h. These data reveal that Ebola virus, Marburg virus, and SARS-CoV-2 are inactivated by exposure to copper ions, validating Luminore CopperTouch as an efficacious tool for infection control.
Keywords:
EPA registrationEbola virusLuminore CopperTouch antimicrobial touch surfacesMarburg virusSARS-CoV-2, COVID-19antimicrobialantiviralcopper surfacefilovirusesinfection control

