Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8865336 | Journal of Aerosol Science | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
An inactivation of airborne pathogenic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) virus was investigated under controlled laboratory conditions. Two sets of climatic conditions were used in the experiments; (1) representing common office environment (25 °C and 79% RH) and (2) climatic conditions of the Middle Eastern region where the virus was originated from (38 °C and 24% RH). At the lower temperature, the virus demonstrated high robustness and strong capability to survive with about 63.5% of microorganisms remaining infectious 60 min after aerosolisation. Fortunately, virus decay was much stronger for hot and dry air scenario with only 4.7% survival over 60 min procedure.
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Authors
Oleg V. Pyankov, Sergey A. Bodnev, Olga G. Pyankova, Igor E. Agranovski,