title: Survival of human immunodeficiency virus in suspension and dried onto surfaces.
abstract: Cell-free and cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus cultures suspended in 10% serum remained infectious for several weeks at room temperature. The stability was further increased when cell-associated virus was suspended in neat serum. When dried onto a glass coverslip, virus remained infectious for several days, although cell-associated virus lost infectivity more rapidly than cell-free virus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Bueren
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cookson
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors; D014766:Viremia / Q000382:microbiology; D014776:Virus Cultivation
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media