Shelf-life of chlorine solutions recommended in Ebola virus disease response

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Iqbal, Qais ^a   Lubeck Schricker, Maya ^b   Wells, Emma ^a   Wolfe, Marlene K ^a   Lantagne, Daniele ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GENERATED HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; NEUTRALIZED HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; STABILIZED HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; TROCLOSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; DEGRADATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPIRATION DATE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PRECIPITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHELF LIFE; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG STABILITY; EBOLAVIRUS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRUG STABILITY; EBOLAVIRUS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84971642449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156136     Document Type: Article

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