Accuracy, precision, ease-of-use, and cost of methods to test ebola-relevant chlorine solutions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Wells, Emma ^a   Wolfe, Marlene K ^a   Murray, Anna ^a   Lantagne, Daniele ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TROCLOSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DILUTION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PH; TEST STRIP; TITRIMETRY; DISINFECTION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CHLORINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84971646896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152442     Document Type: Article

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