Conference Coverage (Blood Safety & Screening)

UVC and Rutin Together May Inactivate Non-Enveloped Viruses

Published in Blood Weekly, November 13th, 1995

The combination of ultraviolet light (UVC) and rutin may be effective in inactivating hepatitis A virus (HAV) and parvovirus in certain plasma products.

New virucidal procedures are required for HAV and parvovirus, non-enveloped viruses that are resistant to current inactivation methods. This inability, along with sporadic reports of the possible transmission of such viruses by blood derivatives, has prompted the search for new virucidal procedures, indicated Dr. Bernard Horowitz, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Melville Biologics, Inc., New York, New York.

Both HAV and parvovirus have single stranded genomes, and are expected to be...

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