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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 October; 50(4): 882-886

Liquid-phase study of ozone inactivation of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus.

D H Akey and T E Walton

ABSTRACT

Ozone, in a liquid-phase application, was evaluated as a residue-free viral inactivant that may be suitable for use in an arboviral research laboratory. Commonly used sterilizing agents may leave trace residues, be flammable or explosive, and require lengthy periods for gases or residues to dissipate after decontamination of equipment such as biological safety cabinets. Complete liquid-phase inactivation of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus was attained at 0.025 mg of ozone per liter within 45 min of exposure. The inactivation of 10(6.5) median cell culture infective doses (CCID50 of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus per milliliter represented a reduction of 99.99997% of the viral particles from the control levels of 10(7.25-7.5) CCID50/ml. A dose-response relationship was demonstrated. Analysis by polynomial regression of the logarithmic values for both ozone concentrations and percent reduction of viral titers had a highly significant r2 of 0.8 (F = 63.6; df = 1, 16). These results, together with those of Akey (J. Econ. Entomol. 75:387-392, 1982) on the use of ozone to kill a winged arboviral vector, indicate that ozone is a promising candidate as a sterilizing agent in some applications for biological safety cabinets and other equipment used in vector studies with arboviruses.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 October; 50(4): 882-886






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