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

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"

Viruses. 2023 Oct 18;15(10):2111. doi: 10.3390/v15102111.

Affiliations

¹ Elettronica S.p.A., Via Tiburtina Valeria, Km 13.700, 00131 Rome, Italy.
² ViroStatics S.r.l., Viale Umberto I, 46, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
³ Defense Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 00184 Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; SRET; aerosol transmission; airborne pathogens; microwave inactivation.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Microwaves
Models, Theoretical
Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets
SARS-CoV-2*

Grants and funding

The funding was provided by Elettronica S.p.A.