The sensitivity of some avian viruses to formaldehyde fumigation. Export

@article{citeulike:3741374, abstract = {Various avian viruses (infectious bursal agent, reovirus, adenovirus, infectious bronchitis, Newcastle disease, poxvirus, avian encephalomyelitis and infectious laryngotracheitis virus) as suspensions in buffer or in a litter slurry were exposed to aerosolized formalin in an attempt to determine the efficacy of this fumigation method for decontamination of laboratory isolation cubicles. Formalin (37\% formaldehyde) was delivered by a commercial insecticide fogger at a flow rate of 40 ml per minute and a volume of 36 ml per cubic meter of space. Fumigated cubicles were left sealed for 18 hr (cycle 1) before viruses were sampled, or were then exposed to a second fumigation and left sealed for an additional six hour period (cycle 2) before viruses were titrated (commencing at a 1:10 dilution) for residual infectivity. Although the infectivity of all viruses was reduced by over 99\% by one fumigation cycle, the second cycle was necessary for reduction of Newcastle disease and reoviruses to non-detectable (no infectivity demonstrated in a 1:10 dilution of fumigated virus) levels.}, author = {Ide, P. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {3741374}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/574054}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=574054}, issn = {0008-4050}, journal = {Canadian journal of comparative medicine. Revue canadienne de m\'{e}decine compar\'{e}e}, keywords = {avian\_general, disinfection, virus}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {211--216}, posted-at = {2008-12-03 17:02:39}, priority = {2}, title = {The sensitivity of some avian viruses to formaldehyde fumigation.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/574054}, volume = {43}, year = {1979} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3741374 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3741374 N2 - Various avian viruses (infectious bursal agent, reovirus, adenovirus, infectious bronchitis, Newcastle disease, poxvirus, avian encephalomyelitis and infectious laryngotracheitis virus) as suspensions in buffer or in a litter slurry were exposed to aerosolized formalin in an attempt to determine the efficacy of this fumigation method for decontamination of laboratory isolation cubicles. Formalin (37% formaldehyde) was delivered by a commercial insecticide fogger at a flow rate of 40 ml per minute and a volume of 36 ml per cubic meter of space. Fumigated cubicles were left sealed for 18 hr (cycle 1) before viruses were sampled, or were then exposed to a second fumigation and left sealed for an additional six hour period (cycle 2) before viruses were titrated (commencing at a 1:10 dilution) for residual infectivity. Although the infectivity of all viruses was reduced by over 99% by one fumigation cycle, the second cycle was necessary for reduction of Newcastle disease and reoviruses to non-detectable (no infectivity demonstrated in a 1:10 dilution of fumigated virus) levels. IS - 2 JF - Canadian journal of comparative medicine. Revue canadienne de médecine comparée SN - 0008-4050 EP - 216 TI - The sensitivity of some avian viruses to formaldehyde fumigation. VL - 43 SP - 211 KW - avian_general KW - disinfection KW - virus AU - Ide, PR PY - 1979/04// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/574054 ER -