I bet the Center for Disease Control (CDC) could help you with this.
Patsy

Mike Kirby wrote:

> Not quite a Histopathology question but fairly close...
>
> Does anyone have, or know where I can find a list, giving the approximate
> life spans of viruses in wet and dry samples of body fluids? I am
> specifically interested in HIV, Hepatitis B & C and the various haemorrhagic
> fever viruses.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike Kirby
> National Health lab Service
> Johannesburg
> R.S.Africa.