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ArticleJournal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer2021

Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can be partially shielded from UV radiation when in particles generated by sneezing or coughing: Numerical simulations.

David C Doughty, Steven C Hill, Daniel W Mackowski

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Article in Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David C DoughtyUS Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD, USA.
Steven C HillUS Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD, USA.
Daniel W MackowskiAuburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Auburn University · USDEVCOM Army Research Laboratory · USUnited States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UV radiation can inactivate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. However, designing effective UV germicidal irradiation (UVGI) systems can be difficult because the effects of dried respiratory droplets and other fomites on UV light intensities are poorly understood. Numerical modeling of UV intensities inside virus-containing particles on surfaces can increase understanding of these possible reductions in UV intensity. We model UV intensities within spherical approximations of virions randomly positioned within spherical particles. The model virions and dried particles have sizes and optical properties to approximate SARS-CoV-2 and dried particles formed from respiratory droplets, respectively. In 1-, 5- and 9-µm diameter particles on a surface, illuminated by 260-nm UV light from a direction perpendicular to the surface, 0%, 10% and 18% (respectively) of simulated virions are exposed to intensities less than 1/100

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DisinfectionLight scatteringRespiratory dropletsSARS CoV-2ShieldingUV inactivation

Identifiers

PMID33518804
PMCPMC7836904
OpenAlexW3114783470

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