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The damage to a viral capsid after low-pressure (LP) and medium-pressure (MP) UV irradiation was assessed, using the quantitative or quantitative reverse transcription PCR coupled with ethidium monoazide treatment (EMA-PCR). After UV irradiation, adenovirus 5 (Ad5) and poliovirus 1 (PV1) were subjected to a plaque assay, PCR, and EMA-PCR to investigate the effect of UV irradiation on viral infectivity, genome damage, and capsid damage, respectively. The effectiveness of UV wavelengths in a viral genome and capsid damage of both PV1 and Ad5 was also further investigated using a band-pass filter. It was found that an MPUV lamp was more effective than an LPUV lamp in inactivating Ad5, whereas there was no difference in the case of PV1. The results of viral reduction determined by PCR and EMA-PCR indicated that MP UV irradiation damaged Ad5 capsid. The damage to PV1 and Ad5 capsid was also not observed after LP UV irradiation. The investigation of effects of UV wavelengths suggested that UV wavelengths at 230–245 nm have greater effects on adenovirus capsid in addition to viral genome than UV wavelengths beyond 245 nm.
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This study was supported by Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) 25249074, MEXT, Japan.
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Sangsanont, J., Katayama, H., Kurisu, F. et al. Capsid-Damaging Effects of UV Irradiation as Measured by Quantitative PCR Coupled with Ethidium Monoazide Treatment. Food Environ Virol 6, 269–275 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-014-9162-4
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