title: Effects of ultraviolet laser radiation on Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus.
abstract: The effects of usual low-intensity continuous (lambda = 254 nm, I = 10 W/m2) UV radiation and high-intensity laser nanosecond (lambda = 266 nm, tau p = 10 ns, I = 10(9) W/m2) or picosecond (lambda = 266 nm, tau p = 23 ps, I = 10(12) W/m2) UV radiation on Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus (a member of the Togaviridae family) were compared. The quantum yields of infectivity inactivation, pyrimidine dimer formation and RNA-protein crosslinking were determined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Spectroscopy, USSR Academy of Sciences, Troitzk, Moscow Region.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Nikogosyan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kapituletz
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Smirnov
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*