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yep. Merge 'em.

The links dont work, maybe they are just temporarely down? --hroest 13:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I edited line one "Some viruses (e.g. HIV and many animal viruses) have viral envelopes covering their protective protein capsids.[1]" but i'm not sure which part that reference applies to? so i'm not sure if it's in the right place now? did it go with envelope or capsid? Irtapil (talk) 11:23, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

During the COVID-19 epidemic, focus has been brought to bear on which cleaning agents destroy the viral envelope of the virus.

This NY Times article indicates that soap is believed to do so. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/health/soap-coronavirus-handwashing-germs.html Soap has a metal ion structure. Ion structures are important to the chemistry of dissolution.

Detergents are also considered oil-dissolving. The NIH has a list of detergents https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pccompound&DbFrom=mesh&Cmd=Link&LinkName=mesh_pccompound&IdsFromResult=68003902

Are all the detergents on this list able to dissolve the envelope? In particular, is the mild detergent, lauramine oxide, strong enough? This ingredient is in Hibiclens, which is commonly used for hand washing in hospitals. Lauramine oxide is supposed to be very gentle for skin. https://ingredients.puracy.com/ingredient/lauramine-oxide But, if it's so gentle on skin, does that mean its oil-dissolving properties are too limited?

Can we add a section about what cleaning products can destroy the viral envelope?

I added a section regarding the different types of viral proteins. If possible, we should try and find the Wiki articles regarding those proteins and add a link to round it out more. FeyUnlocked (talk) 20:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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