From: Thermal stability and inactivation of hepatitis C virus grown in cell culture
Treatment | Infectious titer (FFU/ml) | IFA result | |
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2nd cell passage | 3rd cell passage | ||
Formaldehyde (0.037%) | |||
0 h | (3.9 ± 0.3) × 104a | NTc | NT |
0.5 h | (1.1 ± 0.1) × 104 | NT | NT |
1.0 h | (4.0 ± 1.0) × 103 | NT | NT |
1.5 h | (1.7 ± 0.6) × 103 | NT | NT |
2.0 h | ≤ 1.0 × 103b | positive | NT |
2.5 h | < 1.0 × 103 | positive | NT |
3.0 h | < 1.0 × 103 | negative | negative |
Glutaraldehyde (0.01%) | |||
0 min | (4.0 ± 0.3) × 104a | NT | NT |
10 min | (3.3 ± 0.6) × 103 | NT | NT |
20 min | < 1.0 × 103 | negative | negative |