@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-64-6-1365, author = "Thorne, H. V. and Clarke, G. F.", title = "Inactivation of Measles and Herpes Simplex Viruses by Trypan Blue", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1983", volume = "64", number = "6", pages = "1365-1368", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-64-6-1365", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-64-6-1365", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "trypan blue", keywords = "measles virus", keywords = "HSV", keywords = "antiviral activity", abstract = "SUMMARY The dye trypan blue inhibits infection of cells in tissue culture by measles and herpes simplex viruses at concentrations in excess of 0.01% (w/v) principally by direct inactivation of the virions. The inactivation is temperature-dependent (104 times greater at 37 °C than at 4 °C) and its mechanism appears to include inhibition of virus adsorption to cells.", }