Development of a New Class of Viral Disinfectants: Enzymatic Inactivation of Sa-11 Rotavirus

The non-enveloped, pH- and heat resistant rotavirus (RV), which is cross species-infective among cattle, swine and humans may cause dehydration and high mortality in the young. Rotaviruses are inactivated only by corrosive and toxic disinfectants. In this study, the effects of bacterial proteases...

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Main Author: Walker, Shawn Christopher
Other Authors: Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31386
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02998-145152/