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Virus survival in the environment.

E C Pirtle1, G W Beran

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.

Revue Scientifique Et Technique (International Office of Epizootics)
|September 1, 1991
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Viruses persist in the environment from infected hosts and spread to new ones. Increased human and animal movement amplifies virus transmission, making environmental control challenging.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Virology
  • Infectious Disease Transmission

Background:

  • Viruses are shed into the environment by infected hosts but do not replicate outside living organisms.
  • Increasing global population density and mobility enhance the transmission of respiratory and enteric viruses.
  • Preventing environmental virus transmission is increasingly difficult due to these factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the environmental survival factors of various viruses.
  • To highlight viruses with well-studied environmental persistence.
  • To discuss the implications of environmental virus stability on public health.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of studies on viral survival in the environment.
  • Analysis of research on environmental persistence factors including temperature, disinfectants, and fomites.

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  • Examination of specific virus groups and their known environmental stability.

    • Main Results:

    • Polio, foot-and-mouth disease, and Aujeszky's disease viruses have well-defined environmental survival factors.
    • Adenoviruses, African swine fever virus, and Norwalk virus exhibit heat resistance.
    • Picornaviruses, papovaviruses, reoviruses, retroviruses, influenza viruses, paramyxoviruses, and poxviruses show resistance to disinfectants and survival on fomites.
    • Subacute spongiform encephalopathy agents demonstrate remarkable environmental stability.

    Conclusions:

    • Environmental conditions significantly influence virus survival and transmission pathways.
    • Understanding virus stability is crucial for developing effective control strategies.
    • Emerging data on the extreme stability of certain agents like prions necessitates further investigation into environmental containment.