Neutralizing viruses in suspensions by copper oxide-based filters

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作者
Borkow, Gadi
Sidwell, Robert W.
Smee, Donald F.
Barnard, Dale L.
Morrey, John D.
Lara-Villegas, Humberto H.
Shemer-Avni, Yonat
Gabbay, Jeffrey
机构
[1] Kaplan Med Ctr, Ruth Ben Ari Inst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
[2] Cupron Inc, Greensboro, NC 27404 USA
[3] Utah State Univ, Inst Antiviral Res, Logan, UT 84322 USA
[4] Soroka Acad Med Ctr, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Virol, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
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10.1128/AAC.00125-07
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We report the capacity of copper oxide-containing filters to reduce infectious titers of a panel of viruses spiked into culture media. Enveloped, nonenveloped, RNA, and DNA viruses were affected, suggesting the possibility of using copper oxide-containing devices to deactivate a wide spectrum of infectious viruses found in filterable suspensions.
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页码:2605 / 2607
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