Comparison of samplers collecting airborne influenza viruses: 1. Primarily impingers and cyclones.

ABSTRACT: Researchers must be able to measure concentrations, sizes, and infectivity of virus-containing particles in animal agriculture facilities to know how far infectious virus-containing particles may travel through air, where they may deposit in the human or animal respiratory tract, and the most effective ways to limit exposures to them. The objective of this study was to evaluate a variety of impinger and cyclone aerosol or bioaerosol samplers to determine approaches most suitable for detecting and measuring concentrations of virus-containing particles in air. Six impinger/cyclone air samplers, a filter-based sampler, and a cascade impactor were used in separate tests to collect artificially generated aerosols of MS2 bacteriophage and swine and avian influenza viruses. Quantification of infe

SUBMITTER: Raynor PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842955 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature