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Monochloramine inactivation of bacterial select agents
Laura J Rose1, Eugene W Rice, Lisa Hodges
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. N.E., MS C-16, Atlanta, GA 30033, USA. lrose@cdc.gov
Abstract:
Seven species of bacterial select agents were tested for susceptibility to monochloramine. Under test conditions, the monochloramine routinely maintained in potable water would reduce six of the species by 2 orders of magnitude within 4.2 h. Bacillus anthracis spores would require up to 3.5 days for the same inactivation with monochloramine.
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