Pulsed UV-light inactivation of poliovirus and adenovirus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-567

  Lamont, Y ^a   Rzezutka, A ^b   Anderson, J G ^a   MacGregor, S J ^a   Given, M J ^a   Deppe, C ^b   Cook, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Poliovirus; Pulsed; Ultraviolet light; UV inactivation

Indexed keywords

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

% REDUCTIONS; ADENOVIRUS; POLIO VIRUS; PULSED; PULSED ULTRA-VIOLET INACTIVATION; PULSED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET INACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; ULTRAVIOLET TREATMENT;

VIRUSES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 35448941932     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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