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Estimation the Efficiency of Sunlight UV on Inactivation COVID-19 Virus

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

The solar UV radiation coming from the sun is considered as the main source of microbial germicide and environmental sterilization. The objective of this study is to estimate the UV dose amount and time required to inactivate coronaviruses by solar exposure. The published trials on 254-nm UV inactivation dose under ultraviolet light exposure of coronaviruses families and the equivalent microbe in terms of D90 (ultraviolet dose for 90% inactivation), or any other dose or/and genome size was examined and summarized. The mean with its confident interval of the unified D90-254 nm inactivation dose of all trials was assumed as ultraviolet susceptibility of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus. The inactivation dose spectrum (sensitivity envelope) for coronaviruses and equivalent microbes as a function of the UV wavelength equivalent to UVB range (280 to 320 nm) was adopted from literature. The UVB solar measurement intensity at Baghdad's geographical location was used over a year at every fifteen minutes and converted from a lump sum to solar spectrum per wavelength in the range of 280 to 320 nm using a simplified mathematical model. A composite action spectrum was drawn that including the virus sensitivity spectrum normalized to 254 nm, UVB solar measurements spectrum, and inactivation effective dose spectrum for coronaviruses. The area under the inactivation effective dose spectrum was calculated numerically to find the equivalent solar flux. The time required to inactivation SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus is predicted for each value of UVB lump sum intensity to simulate the time required to sterility the outdoor surfaces at all months within Baghdad geographical station. This work should be useful to provide the decision-makers with a clear picture of the sterilization process management of the outdoor surfaces and curfew timing arrangement.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.39728.2810

Keywords

UV-Index, UVA, UVB, Sunlight UV dose, UV dose time, UV reading stations, COVID-19 virus

Authors

First Name

Wisam

Last Name

Al-Hashemi

MiddleName

Kadhum H.

Affiliation

College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

Email

wisamchem1@yahoo.com

City

Baghdad

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0000-0001-6578-7017

First Name

Dheaa

Last Name

. Zageer

MiddleName

Sh.

Affiliation

Forensic DNA Center and College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

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dheaairaqi72@yahoo.com

City

Baghdad

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First Name

Hussam

Last Name

Risan

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

College of Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

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dr.hussamrisan@gmail.com

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Baghdad

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Volume

64

Article Issue

7

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25275

Issue Date

2021-07-01

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2020-08-18

Publish Date

2021-07-01

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3,225

Page End

3,234

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_158915.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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22 Jan 2023