Prevention of Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by UV-C Illumination of Airflow

被引：4

作者：

Bowen, Richard A. ^{[1
]}

Gilgunn, Peter ^{[2
]}

Hartwig, Airn E. ^{[1
]}

Mullen, Jeff ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Biomed Sci, 3107 Rampart Rd, Ft Collins, CO 80521 USA

[2] Dynamics Inc, 493 Nixon Rd, Cheswick, PA 15024 USA

来源：

COVID | 2021年 / 1卷 / 03期

关键词：

COVID; SARS-CoV-2; UV disinfection; aerosol; VENTILATION;

D O I：

10.3390/covid1030050

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

SARS-CoV-2 is frequently transmitted by aerosol, and the sterilization of the virus in airflows has numerous potential applications. We evaluated a UV-C illuminator similar to what might be incorporated into tubing of a mechanical ventilator for its ability to block transmission of the airborne virus from infected to naive hamsters. Hamsters protected by the UV system were consistently protected from infection, whereas non-protected hamsters uniformly became infected and displayed virus shedding and high burdens of virus in respiratory tissues. The efficiency and speed with which the virus in flowing air was inactivated using this system suggests several applications for mitigating transmission of this virus.

引用

页码：602 / 607

页数：6

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