Sentences with phrase «rhinovirus on»

Not exact matches

In contrast to what researchers believed in the past, their study showed that rhinovirus is linked to pneumonia and death even without any other co-existing infections, strongly suggesting that the so - called mild virus can be dangerous all on its own.

Rhinovirus, which is responsible for roughly half of all common colds, survives on surfaces in hotel rooms for hours and can be transferred from there to people, a study shows.

This and other virus surface changes help explain why clinical rhinovirus drug trials, which rely on different virus surfaces, have generally failed when tested against rhinovirus C isolates over the last four to five years, says Palmenberg.

«Unlike normal rhinoviruses, this one has spikes on the surface of the particles.

In fact, «both MRSA, a potentially deadly staphylococcus bacteria, and rhinoviruses, the cause of the common cold, have been detected on gym equipment,» says Charles Gerba, PhD, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona.

Ginger contains sesquiterpenes, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory chemicals, that act on rhinovirus specifically.

Rhinoviruses survive for three hours outside of the body, and can sometimes live for up to 48 hours on touchable surfaces, including everything from door knobs and subway poles to shopping carts and light switches.

The supplement has been found to stop rhinoviruses from replication and could block the virus from latching on to human cells.