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. 2007 Sep 2:365–393. doi: 10.1016/B978-012263951-7/50013-2

Table IV.

Klein-DeForest Scheme for Viral Sensitivity to Disinfectants

Category Solubility Structure Sensitivity Examplesa
A Lipophilic Lipid envelope + capsid Marked

  • Paramyxovirus (Sendai, PVM)

  • Coronavirus (MHV, SDAV)

  • Arenavirus (LCMV)
B Hydrophilic Naked capsid Slight

  • Picornavirus (TMEV)

  • Parvovirus (MVM, MPV, KRV, RPV)
C Intermediate Partially lipophilic capsid Moderate

  • Adenovirus (MAdV-1, -2)

  • Reovirus (Reo-3)

  • Rotavirus (EDIM virus, IDIR virus)
a

PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; MHV, mouse hepatitis virus; SDAV, sialodacryoadenitis virus; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus; MVM, minute virus of mice; MPV, mouse parvovirus; KRV, Kilham's rat virus; RPV, rat parvovirus; MAdV, mouse adenovirus; EDIM, epizootic diarrhea of infant mice; IDIR, infectious diarrhea of infant rats.