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The comparative susceptibility of DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation has not yet been clearly addressed. In this study the effect of the tricationic porphyrin Tri-Py+-Me-PF on the inactivation of four DNA and three RNA non-enveloped phages was compared. The results obtained show that the photodynamic efficiency varied with the phage type, the RNA-type phages being much more easily photoinactivated than the DNA-type ones.
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Costa, L., Tomé, J.P.C., Neves, M.G.P.M.S. et al. Susceptibility of non-enveloped DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation. Photochem Photobiol Sci 11, 1520–1523 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1039/c2pp25156f
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