Quantification of influenza virus RNA in aerosols in patient rooms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Leung, Nancy H L ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Chu, Daniel K W ^a   Yu, Han ^b   Lindsley, William G ^c   Beezhold, Donald H ^c   Yen, Hui Ling ^a   Li, Yuguo ^b   Seto, Wing Hong ^a   Peiris, Joseph S M ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIABILITY; ADULT; ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84959441487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148669     Document Type: Article

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