Effect of low-concentration chlorine dioxide gas against bacteria and viruses on a glass surface in wet environments

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 628-634

  Morino, H ^a   Fukuda, T ^a   Miura, T ^a   Shibata, T ^a  

^a Taiko Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chlorine dioxide; Disinfectant; Gas; Microbe; Virus

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS GENERATORS; GLASS; VIRUSES;

% REDUCTIONS; E. COLI; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; GLASS SURFACES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBE; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEST ROOM;

GASES;

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; GLASS;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; GLASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VESIVIRUS; VIRUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 81255157809     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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