Inactivation of poxviruses by upper-room UVC Light in a simulated hospital room environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  McDevitt, James J ^a   Milton, Donald K ^a,b   Rudnick, Stephen N ^a   First, Melvin W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SMALLPOX; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; AIR; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALLPOX VIRUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

AEROSOLS; AIR; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOTERRORISM; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGHT; SMALLPOX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VARIOLA VIRUS; VENTILATION;

EID: 52649151367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003186     Document Type: Article

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