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ReviewGMS hygiene and infection control2020

Ultraviolet irradiation doses for coronavirus inactivation - review and analysis of coronavirus photoinactivation studies.

Martin Heßling, Katharina Hönes, Petra Vatter, Christian Lingenfelder

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In one paragraph

Review in GMS hygiene and infection control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed
23.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. A Virus Aerosol Chamber Study: The Impact of UVA, UVC, and HEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  4. Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  13. An Assessment of Germicidal Ultraviolet Treatment Cabinets and Carousels Using a Bacteriophage Surface Challenge.Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · 2023
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  18. A review on indoor environmental quality in sports facilities: Indoor air quality and ventilation during a pandemic.Indoor + built environment : the journal of the International Society of the Built Environment · 2023
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  19. Linkages between COVID-19, solar UV radiation, and the Montreal Protocol.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023
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42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin HeßlingInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany.
Katharina HönesInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany.
Petra VatterInstitute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany.
Christian LingenfelderPharmpur GmbH, Königsbrunn, Germany.
Technische Hochschule Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

coronavirusCovid-19disinfectioninactivationirradiationMERS-CoVSARS-CoVSARS-CoV-2ultravioletUVC

Identifiers

PMID32547908
PMCPMC7273323
OpenAlexW3034266002

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Registered trials

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