First data on stability and resistance of SARS coronavirus compiled by members of WHO laboratory net

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The below table provides the first compilation of data on resistance of the SARS Coronavirus against environmental factors and disinfectants. This information has been provided by Members of the WHO multi-center collaborative network on SARS diagnosis. More detailed information on methods utilized and material used is being compiled and will be available shortly. The major conclusions from these studies are:

Virus survival in stool and urine

  • Virus is stable in faeces(and urine) at room temperature for at least 1-2 days.
  • Virus is more stable (up to 4 days) in stool from diarrhea patients (which has higher pH than normal stool).

    Disinfectants and fixatives (for use in laboratories)

    • Virus loses infectivity after exposure to different commonly used disinfectants and fixatives.

    Virus survival in cell-culture supernatant

    • Only minimal reduction in virus concentration after 21 days at 4°C and -80°C.
    • Reduction in virus concentration by one log only at stable room temperature for 2 days. This would indicate that the virus is more stable than the known human coronaviruses under these conditions.
    • Heat at 56°C kills the SARS coronavirus at around 10000 units per 15 min (quick reduction).

    Lab*

    Substrate

    Initial viral count log10PFU

    Condition

    Survival time

    Method of testing viability

    GVU

    virus spiked in baby stool

    1.00E+03

    pH 6-7

    3 hr

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    virus spiked in normal stool

    7.50E+03

    pH 8

    6hr

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    virus in diarrheal stool

    7.50E+03

    pH 9

    4days

    Virus isolation in cell culture

    QMH

    stool

    1.00E+03

    Room Temperature

    at least 2 days

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    urine

    1.00E+03

    Room Temperature

    at least 24 hr

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    Virus culture medium+ 1% bovine serum

    1.00E+03

    on plastic surface in room temperature

    at least 2 days

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    Virus culture medium+ 1% bovine serum

    1.00E+04

    30-37°C

    at least 1hr

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    Virus culture medium+ 1% fetal calf serum

    1.00E+04

    56°C

    degration of titre over time (10 000 infectious virus units in 15 min)

    Virus isolation in cell culture

     

    virus in Acetone, 10% Formaldehyde and Paraformaldehyde, 10% Clorox, 75%ethanol, 2% phenol

    1.00E+06

    Room Temperature

    less than 5 min

    Virus isolation in cell culture

    NIID

    Virus culture+ 2% bovine serum

    1.00E+06

    minus 80°C

    at least 4 days

    Virus isolation and RT-PCR

     

    Virus culture+ 2% fetal calf serum

    1.00E+06

    4°C

    at least 4 days

    Virus isolation and RT-PCR

     

    Virus culture+ 2% fetal calf serum

    1.00E+06

    37°C

    less than 4 days

    Virus isolation and RT-PCR

     

    Virus culture+ 2% fetal calf serum

    1.00E+05

    56°C

    less than 30min

     

    UniM

    Virus culture

    1.00E+06

    4°C

    at least 21 days

    Virus isolation

     

    Virus culture

    1.00E+06

    minus 80°C

    at least 21 days

    Virus isolation

    GVU: Government Virus Unit, Dept. of Health, Hong Kong, SAR China
    QMH: Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China
    NIID: National Institute of infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
    UnivM: University Marburg, Germany