HantavirusTexas Department of State Health Services
1 December 2004
Includes basic information on rodent control and disposal
keywords:
Andes Virus,
Bunyavirales,
haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS),
Hantaviridae,
hantavirus,
hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS),
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome,
HPS,
inactivation,
viral inactivation,
zoonosis,
zoonotic,
Zoonotic Diseases
Hantavirus Laboratory Testing GuidanceCalifornia Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Laboratory Sciences
11 May 2026
Includes guidance on considerations for infection control in laboratory settings, safety risks assessment for handling specimens, and testing.
keywords:
Andes Virus,
Bunyavirales,
haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS),
Hantaviridae,
hantavirus,
hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS),
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome,
HPS,
inactivation,
laboratory safety,
risk assessment,
testing,
viral inactivation,
zoonosis,
zoonotic,
Zoonotic Diseases
Monkeypox: UKHSA laboratory assessments of inactivation methodsGov.uk - UKHSA
Multiple protocols for inactivation of MPX are included in this resource, for example, Buffer AVL, 70% ethanol, L6 Buffer and others
Inactivation of orthopoxvirus for diagnostic PCR analysis Journal of Virological Methods
23 September 2021
Vinner L, et al.
Diagnoses of ongoing viral infections commonly rely on PCR methodology.
The virucidal effects of 405 nm visible light on SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus (Website, Publication)Nature – Scientific Reports
Rathnasinghe R, Jangra S, Miorin L, et al.
Heat inactivation of clinical COVID-19 samples on an industrial scale for low risk and efficient high-throughput qRT-PCR diagnostic testing (Website, Publication)Scientific Reports
21 February 2022
Delpuech O, Douthwaite JA, Hill T, et al.
Heating as the sole method of virus inactivation is ideally suited to streamlined and more rapid workflows such as ‘direct to PCR’ assays that do not involve RNA extraction or chemical neutralisation methods.
Rapid Bedside Inactivation of Ebola Virus for Safe Nucleic Acid Tests Journal of Clinical Microbiology
23 September 2021
Methods for inactivating EBOV
