Persistence in darkness of virulent alphaviruses, Ebola virus, and Lassa virus deposited on solid surfaces

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2035-2039

  Sagripanti, Jose Luis ^a   Rom, Amanda M ^b   Holland, Louis E ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DESICCATION; EBOLA VIRUS; HUMAN; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS; DARKNESS; DESICCATION; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ALPHAVIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; EQUIDAE; LASSA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 78449289182     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0791-0     Document Type: Article

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