Figure 2.
Inactivation of Ebola virus (EBOV) by 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in serum and whole blood from EBOV-infected nonhuman primates (NHPs). Addition of 0.1% SDS to blood or plasma of experimentally infected NHPs had little effect on the EBOV titers when incubated at room temperature. After 60 minutes the viral titer in blood and plasma had decreased by approximately 1 log10 to 3.2 × 103 and 2.8 × 103, respectively. The initial titers of the blood and plasma were 3.2 × 104 and 2.4 × 104, respectively. The solid line represents the limit of detection of the assay (5.62 × 101). Abbreviations: EBOV, Ebola virus; TCID50, 50% Tissue Culture Infectious Dose.