 Disinfection
"Disinfection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc.
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D004203
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.450.850.375
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disinfection" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disinfection" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2013 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2015 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2022 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disinfection" by people in Profiles.
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Pitol AK, Richards S, Mirindi P, Mahamed HO, Baller A, Hughes GL, Beck SE. Efficacy of Laundry Practices in Eliminating Mpox Virus From Fabrics. J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15; 231(4):e607-e614.
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Pitol AK, Richards S, Mirindi P, Mahamed HO, Baller A, Hughes GL, Beck SE. Efficacy of Disinfectants for Monkeypox Virus Inactivation on High Touch Surface Materials in Low-Resource Settings. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Nov 12; 58(45):19981-19989.
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Pousty D, Ma B, Mathews C, Halanur M, Mamane H, Linden KG. Biofilm inactivation using LED systems emitting germicidal UV and antimicrobial blue light. Water Res. 2024 Dec 01; 267:122449.
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Challener DW, Tande AJ, Koutras C, Wade RL, McIntee MA, Strauss DM, Yao X, Chang YH, Berbari E. Evaluation of germicidal ultraviolet-C disinfection in a real-world outpatient health care environment. Am J Infect Control. 2024 Sep; 52(9):1030-1034.
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Marr LC, Samet JM. Reducing Transmission of Airborne Respiratory Pathogens: A New Beginning as the COVID-19 Emergency Ends. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 May; 132(5):55001.
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Fallon M, Kennedy S, Daniels S, Humphreys H. Plasma-activated liquid as a potential decontaminant in healthcare: assessment of antibacterial activity and use with cleaning cloths. J Hosp Infect. 2024 Mar; 145:218-223.
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Probst-R?d S, Nyangaresi PO, Adeyeye AA, Ackermann M, Beck SE, McNeill K. Synergistic effect of UV-A and UV-C light is traced to UV-induced damage of the transfer RNA. Water Res. 2024 Mar 15; 252:121189.
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Wang Y, Ma B, Zhao J, Tang Z, Li W, He C, Xia D, Linden KG, Yin R. Rapid Inactivation of Fungal Spores in Drinking Water by Far-UVC Photolysis of Free Chlorine. Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Dec 26; 57(51):21876-21887.
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Oh Y, Sangsanont J, Woo H, Boczek LA, Linden KG, Ryu H. Inactivation efficacy and mechanisms of wavelength-specific UV sources for various strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jan 10; 907:167781.
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Upadrasta A, Daniels S, Thompson TP, Gilmore B, Humphreys H. In situ generation of cold atmospheric plasma-activated mist and its biocidal activity against surrogate viruses for COVID-19. J Appl Microbiol. 2023 Aug 01; 134(8).
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