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. 2021 Mar 3;118(5):2067–2075. doi: 10.1002/bit.27720

Table 1.

Summary of previously reported heat inactivation conditions with temperature ranging from room temperature to 120°C for heating duration from sub‐second to 1 h

# Temperature (°C) Exposure duration Remaining infectivity Log10 reduction Virus type Other notes References
1 22–25 7 days 1.5–2 SARS CoV RH 40%–50% Chan et al. (2011)
2 22–25 28 days >5 SARS CoV RH 40%–50% Chan et al. (2011)
3 40 1 min 0.16 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
4 40 5 min 0.33 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
5 40 15 min 0.34 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
6 42 60 min <1 SARS‐CoV‐2 Wang et al. (2020)
7 56 1 min 6.65 SARS‐CoV‐2 Chin et al. (2020)
8 56 15 min 4.92 MERS‐CoV Leclercq et al. (2014)
9 56 15 min 3–4 SARS‐CoV‐2 Wang et al. (2020)
10 56 20 min Incompletely inactivated >5 SARS‐CoV Darnell et al. (2004)
11 56 30 min Incompletely inactivated >5 SARS‐CoV‐2 Pastorino et al. (2020)
12 56 30 min ND >4.51 SARS‐CoV‐2 Chin et al. (2020)
13 60 1 min 2.60 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
14 60 5 min 3.55 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
15 60 10 min >6 SARS‐CoV‐1 Model prediction Yap et al. (2020)
16 60 15 min >4.51 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
17 60 15 min ND >7 SARS‐CoV‐2 Wang et al. (2020)
18 60 30 min >4.51 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
19 60 60 min Incompletely inactivated >5 SARS‐CoV‐2 Pastorino et al. (2020)
20 60.2 0.20 s >2 MHV This study
21 65 30 s 3.45 MERS‐CoV Leclercq et al. (2014)
22 65 1 min Incompletely inactivated Data not shown MERS‐CoV Leclercq et al. (2014)
23 65 4 min Incompletely inactivated >5 SARS‐CoV Darnell et al. (2004)
24 65 15 min ND >5.59 MERS‐CoV Leclercq et al. (2014)
25 70 1 min 5.34 ~1.25 SARS‐CoV‐2 Chin et al. (2020)
26 70 5 min ND >4.5 SARS‐CoV‐2 Chin et al. (2020)
27 71.8 0.51 s >5 MHV This study
28 75 15 min ND >5 SARS‐CoV Darnell et al. (2004)
29 80 <1 min >6 SARS‐CoV‐1 Model prediction Yap et al. (2020)
30 80 1 min >4.51 MHV‐2 Saknimit et al. (1988)
31 83.4 1.03 s ND >6 MHV This study
32 87.3 2.23 s ND >6 MHV This study
33 90 0.1 min 6 MERS‐CoV Model prediction Yap et al. (2020)
34 92 15 min ND >6 SARS‐CoV‐2 Pastorino et al. (2020)
35 110 0.1 min 6 SARS‐CoV‐1 Model prediction Darnell et al. (2004)
36 112 0.01 min 6 MERS‐CoV Model prediction Darnell et al. (2004)
37 120 ~1 s 6 SARS‐CoV‐1 Model prediction Kratzel et al. (2020)

Abbreviation: ND, not detectable.