A note on the inactivation of influenza a viruses by solar radiation, relative humidity and temperature

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1601-1602

  Weber, Thomas P ^a   Stilianakis, Nikolaos I ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 55649083080     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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