TABLE 2.

Wavelength-specific inactivation rate constants, comparing RNA damage (measured with the 1,185-base region) to loss of viral infectivity for MS2 coliphage

Wavelength (nm)	k (cm2/mJ) (95% CI; P value)		ANCOVA P valueb
	RNA damage	Infectivitya
210	0.243 (0.1257; 3.2 × 10−3)	0.203 (0.0297; 8.3 × 10−7)	0.421
220	0.141 (0.0180; 5.7 × 10−6)	0.136 (0.0055; 1.1 × 10−10)	0.502
230	0.058 (0.0022; 2.0 × 10−7)	0.065 (0.0044; 4.2 × 10−9)	0.009
240	0.044 (0.0063; 2.5 × 10−6)	0.034 (0.0028; 1.4 × 10−8)	0.002
253.7	0.046 (0.0155; 6.2 × 10−4)	0.050 (0.0095; 3.6 × 10−7)	0.557
260	0.069 (0.0149; 2.6 × 10−3)	0.070 (0.0059; 7.0 × 10−7)	0.739
270	0.051 (0.0216; 4.8 × 10−3)	0.059 (0.0065; 1.2 × 10−7)	0.233
280	0.038 (0.0088; 8.5 × 10−4)	0.043 (0.0075; 8.7 × 10−6)	0.300
290	0.016 (0.0071; 9.9 × 10−3)	0.020 (0.0043; 7.6 × 10−5)	0.214

^aSee reference 28.

^bFor ANCOVA, statistical significance was defined as a P value of <0.05.