Viricidal activity of open air
- 1 December 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 69 (4), 619-626
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400021896
Abstract
SUMMARY Airborne Semliki Forest virus and T coliphages were inactivated at a considerably enhanced rate in open air compared with enclosed air. Open air exerts its maximum sterilizing activity on viruses contained in the smallest sized particles.Keywords
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