Abstract
Current standards, based on cell culture assay, indicate that poliovirus is inactivated by 0.5 mg of free chlorine per liter after 2 min; however, integrated cell culture-PCR detected viruses for up to 8 min of exposure to the same chlorine concentration, requiring 10 min for complete inactivation. Thus, the contact time for chlorine disinfection of poliovirus is up to five times greater than previously thought.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2267-2268 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Applied and environmental microbiology |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Food Science
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Ecology