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Comment
. 2021;153(1 & 2):196-198.
doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2789_20.

Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by gamma irradiation

Rajlaxmi Jain  1 , Prasad Sarkale  1 , Deepak Mali  1 , Anita M Shete  1 , Deepak Y Patil  1 , Triparna Majumdar  1 , Annasaheb Suryawanshi  1 , Savita Patil  1 , Sreelekshmy Mohandas  1 , Pragya D Yadav  1
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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by gamma irradiation

Rajlaxmi Jain et al. Indian J Med Res. 2021.
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Fig. 1
Effect of gamma radiation on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2. TCID50, median tissue culture infectious dose.
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Fig. 2
Plot used for calculating the gamma radiation dose required to reduce infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 by 90% (D10 value) in kGy.
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