Soliman, Mona Youssef Moawad (author), Medema, G.J. (author), Estrada Bonilla, B.A. (author), Brouns, S.J.J. (author), van Halem, D. (author) Cu and Ag have been used as bactericidal agents since ancient times, yet their antiviral capacity in water remains poorly understood. This study tested the effect of copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) on model RNA and DNA viruses MS2 and PhiX 174 in solution at pH 6–8. Cu caused MS2 inactivation with similar rates at pH 6 and 7 but was inert towards...
journal article 2020
