UVC-based air disinfection system for rapid inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 present in the air
H. Garg, R. P. Ringe, S. Das, S. Parkash, B. Thakur, R. Delipan, A. Kumar, K. S. Kulkarni, K. Bansal, P. B. Patil, T. Alam, N. B. Balam, C. S. Meena, K. G. Thakur, A. Kumar, A. Kumar
This study demonstrates that UVC-based air disinfection systems can rapidly inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols by damaging its nucleic acids and altering its Spike protein conformation.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2022Microbiology