Monitoring of airborne mumps and measles viruses in a hospital

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 845-849

  Agranovski, Igor E ^a   Safatov, Alex S ^b   Agafonov, Alex P ^b   Pyankov, Oleg V ^a   Sergeev, Alex N ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Airborne virus; Bioaerosols; Bubbling; Measles; Mumps; PCR; Personal sampling

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEASLES; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 74249099748     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200800143     Document Type: Article

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