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. 2016 Jun 23;11(6):e0157787. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157787

Table 1. Virolysis patterns of GI norovirus strains after exposure to ethanol and Isopropanol.

Reduction in RNA titer (log10 RNA copies/ml)1
Genogroup Strain ID Genotype 50% Ethanol 70% Ethanol 90% Ethanol 50% Isopropanol 70% Isopropanol 90% Isopropanol
GI 8FIIb (4–3) GI.1 0.1 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.7 2.6 ± 0.7 0.0 ± 0.4 0.1 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.4
17–6 GI.1 0.1 ± 0.4 1.9 ± 0.0 1.8 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2
34–6 GI.1 0.0 ± 0.4 2.0 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.4 0.0 ± 0.3 0.0 ± 0.5
2010746440 GI.2 0.0 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.6 0.7 ± 0.6
2010746435 GI.3b 0.1 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.2
2010746565 GI.3b 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.6
2013775245 GI.3b 0.0 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 0.7 3.5 ± 0.7 0.2 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.2
2013843465 GI.3b 0.4 ± 0.7 2.9 ± 0.5 3.2 ± 0.9 0.5 ± 0.7 0.4 ± 0.7 0.8 ± 0.5
2010746333 GI.6 0.0 ± 0.0 > 1.8 > 1.8 0.2 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.7 > 1.8
2013751712 GI.6 0.0 ± 0.2 > 1.9 > 1.9 0.0 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.1 > 1.9
2013751688 GI.6 1.2 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 0.5 2.4 ± 0.5 0.3 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.6 2.3 ± 0.3
2013751693 GI.6 0.5 ± 0.5 2.1 ± 0.4 2.0 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.5
2010746327 GI.7 0.1 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.5 3.4 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.3 3.4 ± 0.3
2011755567 GI.7 0.0 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.7 0.0 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.2
Average reduction 0.9 ± 0.9 1.2 ± 1.1 1.4 ± 0.9 0.6 ± 0.7 0.3 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.8

1: Reduction in RT-qPCR titer is expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of four replicates from two independent experiments