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SUBMITTER: Nguyen TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413998 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Tham T TT Poh Mee K MK Low Jenny J Kalimuddin Shirin S Thoon Koh C KC Ng Wai C WC Anderson Benjamin D BD Gray Gregory C GC
Open forum infectious diseases 20161226 1
<h4>Background</h4>Seeking a noninvasive method to conduct surveillance for respiratory pathogens, we sought to examine the usefulness of 2 types of off-the-shelf aerosol samplers to detect respiratory viruses in Singapore.<h4>Methods</h4>In this pilot study, we ran the aerosol samplers several times each week with patients present in the patient waiting areas at 3 primary health clinics during the months of April and May 2016. We used a SKC BioSampler with a BioLite Air Sampling Pump (run for 6 ...[more]