title: A size-exclusion nanocellulose filter paper for virus removal.
abstract: This is the first time a 100% natural, unmodified nanofibrous polymer-based membrane is demonstrated capable of removing viruses solely based on the size-exclusion principle, with a log10 reduction value (LRV) ≥ 6.3 as limited by the assay lower detection limit and the feed virus titre, thereby matching the performance of industrial synthetic polymer virus removal filters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7036, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Giorgi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Metreveli
authors.forename: Linus
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wågberg
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emmoth
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belák
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strømme
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mihranyan
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000737:chemistry; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D014780:Viruses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D002482:Cellulose
keywords: Cladophora cellulose; influenza; nanocellulose; size-exclusion filtration; virus filtration