Resistance

RESISTANCE
  • Very resistant virus. Able to withstand pH of 3 and chloroform. Not inactivated by heating at 70°C for one hour or after 5 minutes at 80°C. Resistant to lipid solvents and to treatment for 2 hours at 37°C with 5% solutions of commercial disinfectants (quaternary ammonium compounds, amphoteric soap and orthodichlorobenzene)
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