Effect of relative humidity on the airborne survival of rotavirus SA11.
AUTOR(ES)
Sattar, S A
RESUMO
Rotavirus SA11, suspended in tryptose phosphate broth with 2.5 mg of rhodamine B per ml, was aerosolized (Collison nebulizer) into a rotating drum, and the aerosols were held at 20 +/- 1 degree C with the desired relative humidity (RH). An all-glass impinger with tryptose phosphate broth was used to collect 1-min (5.6-liter) samples of air from the drum. The virus was found to survive best at medium (50 +/- 5%) RH, where its half-life was nearly 40 h. The half-life of the virus at the low (25 +/- 5%) RH level was about 9 h. Even at 72 h of aerosol age, 45 and 21% of the infectious virus remained detectable in the air at the medium and low RH levels, respectively. The high (80 +/- 5%) RH level was found to be the least favorable to the survival of the virus, since 50% of the infectious virus became undetectable within 2 h of aerosolization. In a separate experiment at the midrange RH, 3% of the infectious virus was detectable in the drum air after 223 h (9 days) of aerosol age. Rotaviruses could, therefore, survive in air for prolonged periods, thus making air a possible vehicle for their dissemination.
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