UVC LED irradiation effectively inactivates aerosolized viruses, bacteria, and fungi in a chamber-type air disinfection system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 17, 2018, Pages

  Kim, Do Kyun ^a,b   Kang, Dong Hyun ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosolized microorganism; Air disinfection; Fungi; Inactivation rate constant; Nebulizing; Pathogens; UVC LED; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ASPERGILLUS; COMPUTER VIRUSES; CURVE FITTING; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; IRRADIATION; PATHOGENS; RATE CONSTANTS; SALMONELLA; VIRUSES;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DISINFECTION SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEBULIZING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARRAY; BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS; VULNERABILITY;

ALTERNARIA JAPONICA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUNGUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MERCURIALISM; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUNGI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MERCURY POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUSES;

EID: 85052578656     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00944-18     Document Type: Article

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