Hot, humid air decontamination of aircraft confirmed that high temperature and high humidity are critical for inactivation of infectious, enveloped ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus
T. L. Buhr, A. A. Young, E. L. Borgers-Klonkowski, N. L. Kennihan, H. K. Barnette, Z. A. Minter, M. D. Bohmke, E. B. Osborn, S. M. Hamilton, M. B. Kimani, M. W. Hammon, C. T. Miller, R. S. Mackie, J. M. Innocenti, M. D. Bensman, , B. B. Luck
The paper develops test indicators and models to evaluate enveloped RNA virus inactivation on aircraft materials using hot, humid air decontamination, showing high inactivation efficiency.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2020Microbiology