Inactivation of polioviruses and coxsackieviruses in surface water.
AUTOR(ES)
O'Brien, R T
RESUMO
Inactivation rates of polioviruses 1 and 3 and coxsackieviruses A-13 and B-1 were determined in situ in the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, using membrane dialysis chambers. Inactivation of the viruses was exponential, and the rates of inactivation were apparently affected principally by the water temperature. Stability of the viruses in river water differed, with poliovirus 1 and coxsackie B-1 being most stable. Typically 1-log reductions of infectivity at water temperatures ranging between 23 and 27 degrees C required 25 h for poliovirus 1, 19 h for poliovirus 3, and 7 h for coxsackie virus A-13. At water temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees C, the log reduction times for poliovirus 1 and coxsackievirus B-1 were 46 and 58 h, respectively. Results obtained with labeled poliovirus 1 and coxsackievirus B-1 and with infectious ribonucleic acid indicate that inactivation was due to damage to viral ribonucleic acid. Virus-inactivation rates were also affected by heat sterilization of river water, indicating the presence of a heat-labile or volatile inactivating factor. The inactivating factor in Rio Grande water was apparently present at a constant concentration over a 1-year period.
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