Family Temperature (°C) Inactivating 1 log10 in 30 seconds Temperature (°C) Inactivating 4 log10 in 30 seconds z (°C)
Mean n SD RSD Mean n SD RSD Mean n SD RSD
parvoviridae 110 4 21 19 131 4 43 33 18 4 12 66
caliciviridae 71 9 12 17 80 9 17 21 11 9 2.4 22
picornaviridae 67 5 10 15 77 5 11 15 13 5 12 94
birnaviridae 85 2 5.9 7 95 2 3.0 3 14 2 5.2 38
non-enveloped viruses 83 4 20 24 96 4 25 26 14 4 2.9 21
coronaviridae 79 3 5.3 7 96 3 11 12 17 3 13 76
rhabdoviridae 59 4 4.2 7 66 4 6.4 10 8.2 4 2.9 36
herpesviridae 76 3 14 18 90 3 22 25 10 3 2.5 26
poxviridae 62 3 2.5 4 69 3 5.1 7 8.1 3 3.0 37
paramyxoviridae 74 2 13 18 89 2 23 26 14 2 5.6 40
enveloped viruses 70 5 8.9 13 82 5 13 16 11 5 3.8 33
RSD, relative standard deviations; SD, standard deviations; z, temperature causing a 1 log10 change in decimal reduction value.
Table 3: Intra-family and inter-family comparison of viral heat inactivation characteristics.