Ultraviolet irradiation doses for coronavirus inactivation – review and analysis of coronavirus photoinactivation studies

Ultraviolet irradiation doses for coronavirus inactivation – review and analysis of coronavirus photoinactivation studies

Background: To slow the increasing global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, appropriate disinfection techniques are required. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has a well-known antiviral effect, but measurements on the radiation dose necessary to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 have not been published so far.Methods:...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heßling, Martin, Hönes, Katharina, Vatter, Petra, Lingenfelder, Christian
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2020-05-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
coronavirus
sars-cov
sars-cov-2
mers-cov
ultraviolet
uvc
irradiation
inactivation
disinfection
covid-19
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2020-15/dgkh000343.shtml

Internet

http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2020-15/dgkh000343.shtml

Similar Items