Preliminary data on the survival length of enteroviruses in nonalcoholic beverages. Inactivating action of some medicinal herb infusions.
Vaccinal poliovirus type 1, Coxsackie B3 virus and echovirus type 1 survived in mineral water, camomile infusion and coffee for over 20 days. In contrast, Chinese tea, lime and mint infusions had a possibly transient inactivating effect on the same enterovirus strains. There was a direct relationship between the concentration of the infusions and their inactivating action. The vaccinal poliovirus was more sensitive than Coxsackie and echoviruses to the inactivating action of the infusions.
D001628:Beverages; D003069:Coffee; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000254:growth & development*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000254:growth & development; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008900:Mineral Waters; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000254:growth & development; D013662:Tea; D013997:Time Factors
D003069:Coffee; D008900:Mineral Waters; D013662:Tea