Measurement of airborne influenza virus in a hospital emergency department

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 438-440

  Blachere, Francoise M ^a,d   Lindsley, William G ^a   Pearce, Terri A ^a   Anderson, Stacey E ^a   Fisher, Melanie ^b   Khakoo, Rashida ^b   Meade, Barbara J ^a,b   Lander, Owen ^a   Davis, Stephen ^a   Thewlis, Robert E ^a   Celik, Ismail ^c   Chen, Bean T ^a   Beezhold, Donald H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 58749100640     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596478     Document Type: Article

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