Virus Family Matrix z (°C) Power Function Parameters Temperature (°C) for Inactivation in 30 seconds Ref
a b R2 1 log10 4 log10
mouse minute virus parvoviridae culture medium 35† 8.00 x 108 4.28 0.99 141 196 [19]
water 16† 1.19 x 1023 11.6 0.99 104 117 [27]
bovine parvovirus water 8.2* 2.23 x 1041 21.1 0.90 94 101 [24]
canine parvovirus water 12† 1.59 x 1028 14.2 0.99 102 112 [23]
feline calicivirus caliciviridae PBS 14* 9.9 x 1014 7.80 1.00 91 109 [7]
culture medium 9.3* 3.43 x 1028 15.9 0.94 65 71 [4]
culture medium 9.8† 1.07 x 1024 13.5 0.89 63 70 [5]
culture medium 9.3* 8.58 x 1026 15.1 0.94 64 70 [10]
murine norovirus PBS 13* 5.41 x 1015 8.16 0.98 92 109 [7]
culture medium 12* 2.53 x 1021 12.0 0.94 64 72 [4]
PBS 9.5† 7.08 x 1022 12.6 0.97 69 77 [9]
culture medium 9.3* 1.38 x 1027 15.2 0.93 64 70 [10]
culture medium 6.4* 1.20 x 1035 19.5 0.99 65 70 [39]
foot and mouth disease virus (strain OPN) picornaviridae PBS 35* 1.24 x 109 5.27 0.94 61 79 [28]
foot and mouth disease virus (strain OBFS1860) culture medium 11* 4.50 x 1024 13.5 0.95 71 78 [26]
foot and mouth disease virus (strain A119) buffer pH 7.5 5.9* 6.19 x 1035 20.3 0.98 60 64 [11]
hepatitis A virus PBS 10* 5.30 x 1025 13.6 0.96 82 91 [7]
coxsackie B-5 (Faulker strain) culture medium 6.1† 1.11 x 1043 24.4 0.95 60 63 [3]
infectious pancreatic necrosis virus birnaviridae PSM 9.9* 1.96 x 1031 16.2 0.99 89 97 [8]
infectious bursal disease virus peptone broth 17† 5.96 x 1018 10.0 0.95 81 93 [25]
PBS, phosphate buffered saline; PSM, peptone salt medium
*D (decimal reduction) values used to calculate the z values and power functions were reported in the reference.
†D values used to calculate the z values and power functions were estimated from the published inactivation vs. time plots.
Table 1: Heat inactivation characteristics for various non-enveloped viruses.