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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5633-5636, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5633-5636.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Comparative Inactivation of Adenovirus Serotypes by UV Light Disinfection

Nena Nwachuku,1 Charles P. Gerba,2* Amy Oswald,2 and Faezeh D. Mashadi2

Office of Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.,1 Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona2

Received 8 November 2004/ Accepted 25 March 2005

The results of this study confirm that adenoviruses are the most resistant enteric viruses to inactivation by UV light and that adenovirus 40 appears to be the most resistant. The effect of freeze-thawing and storage in water may affect the sensitivity of some adenoviruses to inactivation by UV light.

* 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, September 2005, p. 5633-5636, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5633-5636.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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