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Some questions on AIDS

Stas Philippe philstas at rc1.vub.ac.be
Tue Oct 6 08:50:39 EST 1992


> 2) I have heard that the virus has a half life on a dry surface of 7 
> seconds.  It is very sensitive to drying, thus, doorknobs and toilet seats 
> are definately out of the question!

Could you please send a reference on this? I searched for the half life
time of the AIDS virus under several conditions, but did not find
one article on this subject.

 Hope this helps...


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