Persistence of the 2009 pandemic influenza a (H1N1) virus on N95 respirators

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2148-2155

  Coulliette, A D ^a   Perry, K A ^a   Edwards, J R ^a   Noble Wang, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS VIRUS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RESEARCH SUPPORT; VIRUS CONCENTRATION;

CENTRIFUGATION; HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORS;

VIRUSES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIVITY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

UNITED STATES;

BOVINAE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 84875520873     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03850-12     Document Type: Article

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