Issue 10, 2012

Susceptibility of non-enveloped DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation

Abstract

The comparative susceptibility of DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation has not yet been clearly addressed. In this study the effect of the tricationic porphyrin Tri-Py+-Me-PF on the inactivation of four DNA and three RNA non-enveloped phages was compared. The results obtained show that the photodynamic efficiency varied with the phage type, the RNA-type phages being much more easily photoinactivated than the DNA-type ones.

Graphical abstract: Susceptibility of non-enveloped DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 May 2012
Accepted
02 Aug 2012
First published
07 Aug 2012

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012,11, 1520-1523

Susceptibility of non-enveloped DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation

L. Costa, J. P. C. Tomé, M. G. P. M. S. Neves, A. C. Tomé, J. A. S. Cavaleiro, Â. Cunha, M. A. F. Faustino and A. Almeida, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012, 11, 1520 DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25156F

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