How can AIDS Virus be inactivated?

AIDS Virus is completely inactivated by treatment with:

10% Household bleach
50% ethanol
35% isopropanol
1% Nonidet P40
0.5% Lysol
0.5% paraformaldehyde
0.3% hydrogen peroxide

The virus is also inactivated by extremes in pH (pH 1.0 and 13.0).

Virus is rapidly inactivated (<1 minute) by exposure to undiluted household bleach.

Virus is readily inactivated in liquids or 10% serum by heating at 56º C for 10 minutes.

Lyophilized blood products would need to be heated at 68º C for 72 hours to ensure inactivation of contaminating virus.

Published on Sep 06, 2014
Last Updated on Aug 26, 2020

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am 19 years old i hv been wid hiv since i wz kid but i live wid out ant medicion till now but i start to get sick so fast am univresty student so wht do u suggest me?

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