Reply to Taylor et al. Comment on “Manna et al. SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation in Aerosol by Means of Radiated Microwaves. Viruses 2023, 15, 1443”

Antonio Manna; Davide De Forni; Marco Bartocci; Nicola Pasculli; Barbara Poddesu; Florigio Lista; Riccardo De Santis; Donatella Amatore; Giorgia Grilli; Filippo Molinari; Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli; Franco Lori

doi:10.3390/v15102111

Viruses (Oct 2023)

Reply to Taylor et al. Comment on “Manna et al. SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation in Aerosol by Means of Radiated Microwaves. Viruses 2023, 15, 1443”

Antonio Manna,
Davide De Forni,
Marco Bartocci,
Nicola Pasculli,
Barbara Poddesu,
Florigio Lista,
Riccardo De Santis,
Donatella Amatore,
Giorgia Grilli,
Filippo Molinari,
Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli,
Franco Lori

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Antonio Manna: Elettronica S.p.A., Via Tiburtina Valeria, Km 13.700, 00131 Rome, Italy
Davide De Forni: ViroStatics S.r.l., Viale Umberto I, 46, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Marco Bartocci: Elettronica S.p.A., Via Tiburtina Valeria, Km 13.700, 00131 Rome, Italy
Nicola Pasculli: Elettronica S.p.A., Via Tiburtina Valeria, Km 13.700, 00131 Rome, Italy
Barbara Poddesu: ViroStatics S.r.l., Viale Umberto I, 46, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Florigio Lista: Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy
Riccardo De Santis: Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy
Donatella Amatore: Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy
Giorgia Grilli: Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy
Filippo Molinari: Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy
Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli: Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Franco Lori: ViroStatics S.r.l., Viale Umberto I, 46, 07100 Sassari, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v15102111
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 10
p. 2111

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SARS-CoV-2 is inactivated in aerosol (its primary mode of transmission) by means of radiated microwaves at frequencies that have been experimentally determined. Such frequencies are best predicted by the mathematical model suggested by Taylor, Margueritat and Saviot. The alignment between such mathematical prediction and the outcomes of our experiments serves to reinforce the efficacy of the radiated microwave technology and its promise in mitigating the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in its naturally airborne state.

Published in Viruses

ISSN: 1999-4915 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

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