Influenza virus in human exhaled breath: An observational study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Fabian, Patricia ^a,b   McDevitt, James J ^a,b   DeHaan, Wesley H ^c   Fung, Rita O P ^d   Cowling, Benjamin J ^d   Chan, Kwok Hung ^e   Leung, Gabriel M ^d   Milton, Donald K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PULMATRIX INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS RNA; POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FILTER; FILTRATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; AIR; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH BREATHING; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH BREATHING; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RESPIRATION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 49949084652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002691     Document Type: Article

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