scope:

This Standard specifies testing methods for the determination of antiviral activity of textile products. The textile products include woven and knitted fabrics, fibres, yarns, braids, etc. Viruses used in this Standard are as follows (see Annex A).

- Influenza virus: one of enveloped viruses, which is an infective virus in humans that causes respiratory tract infection

- Feline calicivirus: one of non-enveloped viruses, which is one of surrogates of noroviruses which are important enteric pathogens

NOTE: The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

ISO 18184: 2014 Textiles-Determination of antiviral activity of textile products (MOD)

In addition, symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.