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letter . 2021 Feb 5:jiab070. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab070
UVB radiation alone may not explain sunlight inactivation of SARS-CoV-2
Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz
1,✉, Fernando Temprano-Coleto
1, François J Peaudecerf
2, Julien R Landel
3, Yangying Zhu
1, Julie A McMurry
4
Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Fernando Temprano-Coleto
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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François J Peaudecerf
2
Institute for Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Julien R Landel
3
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK
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Yangying Zhu
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Julie A McMurry
4
Translational and Integrative Sciences Center, Department of Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, OR, USA
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
2
Institute for Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
3
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK
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Translational and Integrative Sciences Center, Department of Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, OR, USA
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Corresponding author. Email: pfegiz@ucsb.edu , Phone: +1-805-455-9094
Received 2020 Dec 23.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, environmental persistence, sunlight, UVA, UVB, modeling, inactivation methods, photobiology
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