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THE LETHAL EFFECT OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON AIR-BORNE BACTERIA

The viability of pneumococcus, Type I, sprayed into the atmosphere from a liquid suspension was measured as a function of the relative humidity. When broth, saliva, or 0.5 per cent saline solution is employed as the suspending medium, a very high mortality rate is observed at relative humidities in...

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Autores principales: Dunklin, Edward W., Puck, Theodore T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1948
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2135764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18911172