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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2017

Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation in tap water contaminated by

M Sisti, G F Schiavano, M DE Santi, G Brandi

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M SistiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Hygiene Section, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
G F SchiavanoDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Hygiene Section, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
M DE SantiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Hygiene Section, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
G BrandiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Hygiene Section, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the effect of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVI) from a low-pressure mercury lamp on several pathogenic Aspergillus spp. including A. flavipes, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. glaucus, A. nidulans, A. niger, A. terreus, A. ustus and A. versicolor suspended in tap water under laboratory-scale conditions. It was shown that within 10 s of exposure, time species such as A. glaucus, A. niudulans and A. ustus were completely inactivated, while 40 s were needed for the elimination of all the species tested. A. flavus and A. niger were found to be less susceptible than other species. Based on these results we conclude that UV disinfection could effectively inactivate Aspergillus spp. in tap water. Such disinfection could be used to reduce potential exposure of high-risk patients to fungal aerosols, particularly in hospital settings, where point-of-use (POU) UV light devices could be installed to provide safe water at a very low cost.

Indexed as

Ultraviolet RaysWater MicrobiologyAspergillusAspergillus flavusAspergillus fumigatusAspergillus nidulansAspergillus nigerDisinfectionHumansAspergillus sppFungiTap waterUV disinfectionWater disinfection

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PMID29707663
PMCPMC5912791

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