Aerosol Disinfection in the System of Preventive and Anti-Epidemic Measures: a Review

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Abstract

Organization and implementation of disinfection measures are among the most effective strategies of non-specific prevention of infectious diseases. Aerosol disinfection has now gained widespread use due to its practicality and efficacy.

A literature search was carried out using such keywords as aerosol disinfection, prevention, anti-epidemic measures, and ventilation in both Russian and English, across the Scientific Electronic Library, eLIBRARY.RU search engine, and Google Scholar. For English-language publications, searches were conducted in PubMed, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database, and Google Patents (Patents.google.com). The search covered a time period of 84 years (1940–2024). A total of 1,751 articles were identified, of which 55 met the selection criteria.

Analysis of the literature revealed that aerosol disinfection, now widespread in many countries and various fields of activity, has a long-standing history dating back to the late 18th century. Aerosol disinfection technologies have become indispensable in the modern world, although issues related to the bactericidal properties of dispersed systems, optimization of disinfection equipment, and the development of quality standards for effective disinfection remain unresolved.

Aerosol disinfection holds a valuable place within the system of preventive and anti-epidemic measures, having a significant impact on reducing the risk of epidemic outbreaks of infectious diseases with various mechanisms of transmission.

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Svetlana S. Smirnova

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections; Ural State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: smirnova_ss@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9749-4611
SPIN-code: 3127-4296

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg; Ekaterinburg

Anastasia A. Kameneva

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections

Email: kameneva_aa@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-2386-8939
SPIN-code: 7699-6092
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

Nikolay N. Zhuykov

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections

Email: zhuykov_nn@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7018-7582
SPIN-code: 2218-5795
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

Yulia S. Stagilskaya

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections

Email: stagilskaya_ys@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-9261-5624
SPIN-code: 2923-4892
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

Ivan A. Egorov

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections

Email: egorov_ia@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7153-2827
SPIN-code: 6465-0182
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

Avdyunin D. Avdyunin

Virome Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections

Email: avdyunin_dd@niivirom.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-3660-2251
SPIN-code: 2299-4143
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

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