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. 2021 Aug 2;203:111831. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111831

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Fig. 2 — Platinum chloride (PtCl₄) viability RT-qPCR on gamma-inactivated (panel A) and heat-inactivated (panel B) SARS-CoV-2 suspensions recovered from glass, steel and plastic surfaces artificially contaminated with approximately 6 log₁₀ gc/4 cm². Dashed grey line represents the RT-qPCR limit of detection. The same letter shows differences not statistically significant for each surface (p < 0.05, Tukey HSD test).