Aerosol susceptibility of influenza virus to UV-C light

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1666-1669

  McDevitt, James J ^a   Rudnick, Stephen N ^a   Radonovich, Lewis J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DOSE RESPONSE; GERMICIDAL UV; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; VIRULENT STRAINS; Z VALUE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PUBLIC WORKS;

VIRUSES;

AEROSOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; INFLUENZA; LIGHT EFFECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DISINFECTION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84857872810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06960-11     Document Type: Article

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