TABLE 16.

Viral classification and response to some disinfectants^a

Viral group	Lipid envelopeb	Examples of viruses	Effects of disinfectantsc
			Lipophilic	Broad-spectrum
A	+	HSV, HIV, Newcastle disease virus, rabies virus, influenza virus	S	S
B	−	Non-lipid picornaviruses (poliovirus, Coxsackie virus, echovirus)	R	S
C	−	Other larger nonlipid viruses (adenovirus, reovirus)	R	S

^aData from reference 259; see also reference 444. For information on the inactivation of poliovirus, see reference 514. 

^bPresent (+) or absent (−). 

^cLipophilic disinfectants include QACs and chlorhexidine. S, sensitive; R, resistant.