2007 Volume 69 Issue 2 Pages 217-219
Heated and hydrated naturally occurring dolomite showed very strong antiviral activity. Infectivity of avian and human influenza, avian infectious bronchitis (coronavirus), Newcastle disease (paramyxovirus) and avian laryngotracheitis (herpesvirus) viruses dropped at least 1,000 fold following contact with the dolomite for five minutes at 4°C. Dolomite is expected to be useful to inhibit the incidence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.