Table 3. Inactivation of airborne IAVs at 20–24.5°C over 1 h.
T (min) | Viability (St) at different RHsa | ||||
20–22% | 34–36% | 50–51% | 64–65% | 81% | |
0.017 (1 s) | 0.75 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.67 |
5 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
30 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.29 | 0.22 |
60 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
Experimental data from Harper [12].
Average RH.
k = slope of ln(St) versus t.
Intercept of the plot of ln(St) versus t.
r 2 of the plot of ln(St) versus t.