Ionene polymers as microbicides
US5681862A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W10/37
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for controlling the growth of at least one microorganism in an aqueous system susceptible to the growth of said microorganism and in recognized need of said control comprising the step of adding to said aqueous system an ionene polymer in an amount effective to inhibit the growth at least one microorganism selected from Campylobacter spp., Mycobacterium spp., Shigella spp., ribrio spp., Yersinia spp., Entamoeba spp., and poliovirus. The aqueous system is selected from potable water, sewage, and other nonmarine surface water. Methods for controlling the spread of the diseases cholera and polio are also disclosed.
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