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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: What is the effect of disinfectant on HIV?
« on: 30/08/2016 21:03:27 »Thanks again!I doubt anyone has a picture of a live virus.
Do you have access to any pictures of what a dead (HIV)virus exposed to the environment compared to a dead virus from disinfectant would look like. Would they look the same?? As you can tell, I didn't take many courses in microbiology. I can not convince a student that they are wasting their time using lysol on doors, shopping carts, etc. when dealing with HIV. She thinks it will KILL it more!
Almost all virions are far to small to see, even with a light microscope. You need an electron microscope to see them.
But, in order to see something with an electron microscope, you need to expose it to a high vacuum- and it's quite common practice to plate it with a (very) thin layer of gold.
The virus wouldn't be viable after that.
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