Evaluation of air samplers and filter materials for collection and recovery of airborne norovirus

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 990-1000

  Uhrbrand, K ^a,b   Koponen, I K ^a   Schultz, A C ^b   Madsen, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aerosolization; air sampling; airborne exposure; bioaerosol; filters; GSP sampler; norovirus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAYON; STORMS;

AEROSOLIZATION; AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; BIOAEROSOLS; CYCLONE SAMPLERS; FILTER; GESAMTSTAUBPROBENAHME SAMPLER SAMPLER; GESAMTSTAUBPROBENAHME SAMPLERS; NOROVIRUSES;

RECOVERY;

GELATIN; NYLON; POLITEF; POLYCARBONATE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; VIRUS;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MURINE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

MURINE NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 85043684253     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13588     Document Type: Article

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