Effects of relative humidity and spraying medium on UV decontamination of filters loaded with viral aerosols

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5781-5787

  Woo, Myung Heui ^a   Grippin, Adam ^b   Anwar, Diandra ^b   Smith, Tamara ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Wander, Joseph D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SALIVA; BEEF EXTRACTS; CONTACT TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLU PANDEMIC; HIGH WATER CONTENT; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY LEVELS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; TIME INTERVAL; TRANSMISSION MODE; UV INTENSITY; UV IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DROPS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RESPIRATORS; VIRUSES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION; FILTER; IRRADIATION; NUCLEIC ACID; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS; WATER CONTENT;

AEROSOL; AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; HUMIDITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; DECONTAMINATION; HUMIDITY; LEVIVIRUS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84866169020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00465-12     Document Type: Article

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