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Comment
. 2021 Dec:118:77-78.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.10.007. Epub 2021 Oct 14.

Rapid inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 after exposure to vapour hydrogen peroxide

T Pottage  1 , I Garratt  2 , O Onianwa  2 , J Carter  2 , A M Bennett  2
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Rapid inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 after exposure to vapour hydrogen peroxide

T Pottage et al. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Dec.
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