Quantitative method to determine sporicidal decontamination of building surfaces by gaseous fumigants, and issues related to laboratory-scale studies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3688-3694

  Rastogi, Vipin K ^a,d   Wallace, Lalena ^a   Smith, Lisa S ^a   Ryan, Shawn P ^b   Martin, Blair ^c  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOBURDEN; BUILDING STRUCTURAL; BUILDING SURFACE; CEILING TILES; CHALLENGE LEVELS; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; CRITICAL ISSUES; GENERAL TRENDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; I BEAMS; LABORATORY SCALE; NONPOROUS MATERIALS; NONPOROUS SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; U.S. ARMY; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VORTEXING;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARPET MANUFACTURE; CHLORINE; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DECONTAMINATION; DROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUMIGATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PESTICIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; STEEL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SURFACES;

BACTERICIDE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BUILDING; CHLORINE; FUMIGANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; PESTICIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; FUMIGATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 66249101968     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02592-08     Document Type: Article

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