Stability and inactivation of HTLV-III/LAV under clinical and laboratory environments.
The stability of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV) under environmental conditions encountered in a clinical or laboratory setting and its inactivation by commonly used chemical disinfectants were investigated. Under our experimental conditions utilizing a highly concentrated viral preparation, virus with an initial infectious titer of approximately 7 log10 tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) per milliliter can be recovered for more than a week from an aqueous environment held at room temperature (23 to 27 degrees C) or at 36 to 37 degrees C. Virus recovery is reduced at a rate of approximately 1 log10TCID50 per 20 minutes when held at 54 to 56 degrees C. Dried and held at room temperature, HTLV-III/LAV retains infectivity for more than three days with a reduction of approximately 1 log10TCID50 per nine hours. Viral infectivity is undetectable and reduced more than 7 log10TCID50 within one minute with 0.5% sodium hypochlorite, 70% alcohol, or 0.5% nonidet-P40, and within ten minutes with 0.08% quaternary ammonium chloride or with a 1:1 mixture of acetone-alcohol. These results help provide a rational basis to prevent the accidental spread of HTLV-III/LAV in the laboratory or clinical setting.
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Veren
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Tondreau
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D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D017830:Octoxynol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000032:analysis; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000494:pharmacology; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
D004202:Disinfectants; D000643:Ammonium Chloride; D000431:Ethanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D017830:Octoxynol; C010615:Nonidet P-40; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase