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Airborne infection risk plummets in face of metal nanoparticle spray | Silver oxide and copper oxide sprays provide a greater than 99% antiviral activity during a 24-hour period examined in the study.
As recent history proves, airborne respiratory infections are not to be trifled with. Now, a new sprayable coating applied to standard air filters might give us a leg up in the war against the pathogens that cause these diseases.
So when it comes to tamping down the risk of disease spreading through populations, developing solutions that can knock infectious bugs out of the air is paramount. While the researchers feel that the coatings could be effective against a variety of airborne pathogens, for this study they focussed on two in particular: Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. " S. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa are considered among the top five bacterial pathogens leading to death worldwide," said study co-author Mónica Echeverry-Rendón. "
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