Norovirus and MS2 inactivation kinetics of UV-A and UV-B with and without TiO2

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 47; no. 15; pp. 5607 - 5613
• Main Authors: Lee, Jung Eun, Ko, GwangPyo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Bacteriophages; Bacteriophages - drug effects; Bacteriophages - radiation effects; Disinfection; Effectiveness; Exact sciences and technology; Groundwater; Human; humans; Inactivation; Kinetics; MS2 phage; Murine norovirus; Norovirus; Norovirus - drug effects; Norovirus - radiation effects; Pollution; Reduction; Titanium - pharmacology; Titanium dioxide; ultraviolet radiation; Ultraviolet Rays; UV-A inactivation; UV-B inactivation; Viruses; Water treatment and pollution; UV-A inactivation; Norovirus; Murine norovirus; Titanium dioxide; UV-B inactivation; MS2 phage; Titanium IV Oxides; Microbiology; Picornaviridae; Phage MS2; Disinfection; Enterovirus; Virus; Ultraviolet radiation; Levivirus; Pathogenic; Metabolic inactivation; Leviviridae; Kinetics; Titanium oxide; Biological contamination; Comparative study; Phage; Ground water

Germicidal ultraviolet, such as 254-nm UV-C, is a common method of disinfection of pathogenic enteric viruses. However, the disinfection efficacies of UV-A or -B in terms of inactivating waterborne viruses such as norovirus have not been characterized. We evaluated the inactivation kinetics of MS2 b...