X-ray inactivation of RNA viruses without loss of biological characteristics

Abstract In the event of an unpredictable viral outbreak requiring high/maximum biosafety containment facilities (i.e. BSL3 and BSL4), X-ray irradiation has the potential to relieve pressures on conventional diagnostic bottlenecks and expediate work at lower containment. Guided by Monte Carlo modell...

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Main Authors: Babak Afrough, Jonathan Eakins, Sarah Durley-White, Stuart Dowall, Stephen Findlay-Wilson, Victoria Graham, Kuiama Lewandowski, Daniel P. Carter, Roger Hewson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77972-5