Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Lemon juice and human norovirus

Citric acid may prevent the highly contagious norovirus from infecting humans, scientists discovered from the German Cancer Research Center. Therefore, lemon juice could be a potentially safe and practical disinfectant against the most common pathogen of severe gastrointestinal infections.

"Maybe a few drops of lemon juice on contaminated food or surfaces may prevent the transmission of these viruses." 

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Lemon juice and human norovirus

Source: dkfz

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