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. 2011 Jun 24;6(6):e21481. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021481

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
a

Experimental data from Harper [12].

b

Average RH.

c

k = slope of ln(St) versus t.

d

Intercept of the plot of ln(St) versus t.

e

r 2 of the plot of ln(St) versus t.