Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity (Jun 2021)

Heat inactivation of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

  • Christophe Batéjat,
  • Quentin Grassin,
  • Jean-Claude Manuguerra,
  • India Leclercq

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Cell culture medium, nasopharyngeal and sera samples spiked with SARS-CoV-2 were subjected to heat inactivation for various periods of time, ranging from 30 s to 60 min. Our results showed that SARS-CoV-2 could be inactivated in less than 30 min, 15 min, and 3 min at 56 °C, 65 °C, and 95 °C, respectively. These data could help laboratory workers to improve their protocols by handling the virus in biosafety conditions.

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