Table 1.
SARS virus decay due to the bubbling process as measured during the 4-h continuous operation
| Number of experiment | Initial concentration (lg TCID50 ml−1) | Concentration after 2 h, (lg TCID50 ml−1) | Concentration after 4 h, (lg TCID50 ml−1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterile water | Hank's solution | Sterile water | Hank's solution | Sterile water | Hank's solution | |
| 1 | 4.25±0.50 | 4.00±0.50 | 3.00±0.25 | 3.50±0.25 | 1.75±0.25 | 2.25±0.50 | 
| 2 | 4.50±0.75 | 4.25±0.75 | 3.25±0.25 | 3.50±0.50 | 1.50±0.50 | 2.50±0.75 | 
| 3 | 4.25±0.75 | 4.25±0.75 | 3.00±0.50 | 3.25±0.75 | 2.00±0.50 | 2.50±0.50 | 
| Average | 4.33±0.67 | 4.17±0.67 | 3.08±0.33 | 3.42±0.50 | 1.75±0.42 | 2.41±0.58 |