Detection of airborne viruses in a pediatrics department measured using real-time qPCR coupled to an air-sampling filter method

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Tseng, Chun Chieh ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^a   Li, Chih Shan ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AGE CLASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; FILTER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; TAIWAN; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 78650636072     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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