Virus purification highlights the high susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 to a chlorine-based disinfectant, chlorous acid

• Basirat Mojisola Lawal-Ayinde,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9427-6942

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• Tomoko Morita,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kosuke Oda,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-548X

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• Tanuza Nazmul,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Miuko Kurose,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Toshihito Nomura,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akima Yamamoto,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akifumi Higashiura,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tomoyuki Akita,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control, and Prevention, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Junko Tanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control, and Prevention, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Isanori Horiuchi,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Sankei Co., Ltd., Himeji, Japan

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• Hisataka Goda,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Sankei Co., Ltd., Himeji, Japan

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• Takemasa Sakaguchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tsaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3754-1252

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