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. 1986 Feb;51(2):391–394. doi: 10.1128/aem.51.2.391-394.1986

Inactivation of human and simian rotaviruses by chlorine.

J M Vaughn, Y S Chen, M Z Thomas
PMCID: PMC238879  PMID: 3006589

Abstract

The inactivation of simian rotavirus SA-11 and human rotavirus type 2 (Wa) by chlorine was compared at 4 degrees C by using single-particle virus stocks. Both virus types were usually more readily inactivated at pH 6.0 than at pH 8.0 when low chlorine concentrations (0.05 to 0.2 mg/liter) were used. A complete (5 log) reduction of both was obtained within 20 s at all pH levels when chlorine concentrations were increased to 0.3 mg/liter. Slight differences in the chlorine sensitivities of SA-11 and human rotavirus type 2 were noted but were not considered to be significant.

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