About the Authors

Zoltán Noszticzius

Affiliation Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Maria Wittmann

wittmann@eik.bme.hu

Affiliation Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Kristóf Kály-Kullai

Affiliation Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Zoltán Beregvári

Affiliation Jósa András Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary

István Kiss

Affiliation St. Imre Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

László Rosivall

Affiliation Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

János Szegedi

Affiliation Jósa András Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Competing Interests

ZN, MW and KKK declare competing financial interest as they are co-inventors of the European patent 2069232 “Permeation method and apparatus for preparing fluids containing high purity chlorine dioxide”, see also reference 13. In addition ZN is also a founder of the Solumium Ltd. The other four authors have no competing financial interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZN MW KKK ZB IK LR JSz. Performed the experiments: ZN MW KKK. Analyzed the data: ZN MW KKK ZB IK LR JSz. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZN MW KKK. Wrote the manuscript: ZN MW KKK. Evaluated the physico-chemical experiments from the point of medical relevance and future research protocols: ZB IK LR JSz.