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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2002, p. 5167-5169, Vol. 68, No. 10
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5167-5169.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Comparative Inactivation of Enteroviruses and Adenovirus 2 by UV Light

Charles P. Gerba,1* Dawn M. Gramos,1 and Nena Nwachuku2

Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721,1 Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 204602

Received 15 March 2002/ Accepted 16 July 2002

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/cm2, respectively. Human adenovirus type 2 is the most UV light-resistant enteric virus reported to date.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Phone: (520) 621-6906. Fax: (520) 621-6366. E-mail: gerba{at}ag.arizona.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2002, p. 5167-5169, Vol. 68, No. 10
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5167-5169.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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