Detection of respiratory viruses on air filters from aircraft

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-312

  Korves, T M ^a   Johnson, D ^b   Jones, B W ^c   Watson, J ^d   Wolk, D M ^b   Hwang, Grace M ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^d FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Disease(s); Indoor air; Infection; Respiratory; Virus(es) environmental

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; BANDPASS FILTERS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIRCRAFT CABIN AIR; BEAD-BASED; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DISEASE(S); INACTIVATED VIRUS; INDOOR AIR; INFECTION; RESPIRATORY; VIRUS(ES) ENVIRONMENTAL;

VIRUSES;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; BIOASSAY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTER; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; VIRUS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 80051663781     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03107.x     Document Type: Article

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