Comparative inactivation of enteroviruses and adenovirus 2 by UV light.
The doses of UV irradiation necessary to inactivate selected enteric viruses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contaminant Candidate List were determined. Three-log reductions of echovirus 1, echovirus 11, coxsackievirus B3, coxsackievirus B5, poliovirus 1, and human adenovirus type 2 were effected by doses of 25, 20.5, 24.5, 27, 23, and 119 mW/cm(2), respectively. Human adenovirus type 2 is the most UV light-resistant enteric virus reported to date.
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014774:Virulence