2020
DOI: 10.24321/2394.6539.202014
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Is ‘FAR UVC’ the Nearest Solution for Pandemic Containment?

Abstract: The devastating COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges for the scientific commune. Containment of infection becomes paramount when the agent is novel with little or no management options. The present one is one such and no one is sure how many more will surface in time to come. This emphasizes on exploring broad-based containment options as an important preparedness plan. Ultraviolet (UV) rays known for their germicidal effect are in the voyage as potent disinfectants for long. But their potential healt… Show more

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“…The virus is not an easy pushover. 36 It has begun to show new properties and multiple mutations. Certain problems are still unanswered; like the issue of reinfection, routes of entry and its further progress, uncertainties about new manifestations and long-term persistence (long COVID-19) to name a few.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The virus is not an easy pushover. 36 It has begun to show new properties and multiple mutations. Certain problems are still unanswered; like the issue of reinfection, routes of entry and its further progress, uncertainties about new manifestations and long-term persistence (long COVID-19) to name a few.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La radiación ultravioleta es la radiación del espectro electromagnético con longitudes de ondas comprendidas entre los 10 nm y 400 nm. La UVR cuenta con dos clasificaciones que difieren en el rango de longitudes de onda, según el área de conocimiento (Mishra, 2020), como visualizado en la Tabla 1. Tabla 1.…”
Section: Emisores De Luz Ultravioletaunclassified
“…Sin embargo, tienen una limitada capacidad germicida debido a que virus y bacterias se han adaptado a ellas a lo largo de millones de años (Mackenzie, 2020). Por otro lado, la UVC es producida artificialmente debido a que buena parte de la solar es absorbida por el oxígeno atmosférico (Mackenzie, 2020;Mishra, 2020). A diferencia de la UVA y UVB, la UVC ha mostrado ser muy efectiva contra bacterias y virus (Buonanno et al, 2013).…”
Section: Emisores De Luz Ultravioletaunclassified
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