Persistence and UV inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Experimental characterization of time, temperature, and aerosolization effects

• Justin M. Donovan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-4793

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• Michael D. Siemon,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Michelle A. Gabriel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Trojan Technologies, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Brian Petri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Trojan Technologies, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8572-3704

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• Yue Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Yiying Zhang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Dylan Weninger,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5619-783X

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• Richard Gibson,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-5601

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• Eric J. Arts ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: earts@uwo.ca (EJA); christopher.degroot@uwo.ca (CTD)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Christopher T. DeGroot

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: earts@uwo.ca (EJA); christopher.degroot@uwo.ca (CTD)

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-8253

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