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Surrogate Testing Suggests That Chlorine Dioxide Gas Exposure Would Not Inactivate Ebola Virus Contained in Environmental Blood Contamination

John J. LoweDepartment of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, Omaha, Nebraska;Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
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Angela L. HewlettNebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska;Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Peter C. IwenNebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska;Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Philip W. SmithNebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska;Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Shawn G. GibbsDepartment of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, Omaha, Nebraska;Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska;Department of Environmental Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, IndianaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages D211-D215 | Published online: 20 Aug 2015

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