Determination of Air Filter Anti-Viral Efficiency against an Airborne Infectious Virus.

ABSTRACT: Recently, various studies have reported the prevention and treatment of respiratory infection outbreaks caused by lethal viruses. Consequently, a variety of air filters coated with antimicrobial agents have been developed to capture and inactivate virus particles in continuous airflow conditions. However, since aerosolized infectious viral-testing is inadvisable due to safety concerns, their anti-viral capability has only been tested by inserting the filters into liquid media, where infectious virus particles disperse. In this study a novel method of determining anti-viral performance of an air filter against airborne infectious viruses is presented. Initially, anti-viral air filter tests were conducted. Firstly, by an air-media test, in which the air filter was placed against an aerosoliz

SUBMITTER: Park DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7152926 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature