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Table 1 Summary of the average virus log reduction times

From: Strain-related variation in the persistence of influenza A virus in three types of water: distilled water, filtered surface water, and intact surface water

 

Water Type

Virus Strain

Distilled

Filtered Surface

Intact Surface

H3N8-07a

65.9 (3.7)

29.2 (3.1)

3.7 (0.4)

H3N8-07b

73.7 (10.8)

27.1 (1.5)

3.0 (0.8)

H3N8-99

78.8 (2.9)

36.9 (5.9)

3.2 (0.1)

H3N8-07c

59.1 (14.2)

41.4 (10.7)

3.2 (0.1)

H8N4-TX-01

68.6 (18.8)

26.2 (6.2)

2.3 (0.1)

H4N6-07a

75.6 (2.3)

24.4 (3.1)

3.5 (0.8)

H4N6-07b

69.2 (14.4)

29.3 (2.3)

2.8 (0.1)

H4N6-99

66.6 (17.2)

29.9 (5.3)

3.2 (0.7)

H4N6-07c

46.2 (2.1)

25.6 (3.2)

3.1 (0.2)

Average

67.1 (9.8)

30.0 (5.6)

3.1 (0.4)

  1. Average virus log reduction times (Rt) with standard deviation in parentheses for each virus strain and water type combination. The Rt values are the time (days) required for a decrease of viral titer by 1 log10 TCID50/ml.