| Literature DB >> 33737536 |
Mara Biasin1, Andrea Bianco2, Giovanni Pareschi2, Adalberto Cavalleri3, Claudia Cavatorta3, Claudio Fenizia1,4, Paola Galli2, Luigi Lessio5, Manuela Lualdi6, Enrico Tombetti1, Alessandro Ambrosi4, Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli2, Irma Saulle1,7, Daria Trabattoni1, Alessio Zanutta2, Mario Clerici8,9.
Abstract
The potential virucidal effects of UV-C irradiation on SARS-CoV-2 were experimentally evaluated for different illumination doses and virus concentrations (1000, 5, 0.05 MOI). At a virus density comparable to that observed in SARS-CoV-2 infection, an UV-C dose of just 3.7 mJ/cm2 was sufficient to achieve a more than 3-log inactivation without any sign of viral replication. Moreover, a complete inactivation at all viral concentrations was observed with 16.9 mJ/cm2. These results could explain the epidemiological trends of COVID-19 and are important for the development of novel sterilizing methods to contain SARS-CoV-2 infection.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID: 33737536 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85425-w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci Rep ISSN: 2045-2322 Impact factor: 4.379