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Editor, Senior Moderator
Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines. 2018 Sep 17;4:11. doi: 10.1186/s40794-018-0071-7. eCollection 2018.
[h=1]Molecular surveillance of respiratory viruses with bioaerosol sampling in an airport.[/h] Bailey ES[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Choi JY[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Zemke J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Yondon M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Gray GC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Recognizing that crowded, high-traffic airports and airplanes have been implicated in respiratory disease transmission, we partnered with administrators of Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU) in conducting a pilot study of aerosol surveillance for respiratory viruses at RDU. From January to March 2018 we used NIOSH 2-stage samplers to collect 150 min aerosol samples in crowded areas at RDU. Four (17%) of the 24 samples were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza D virus and adenovirus. These results suggest the feasibility of employing bioaerosol surveillance techniques in public transportation areas, such as airports, as a noninvasive way to detect and characterize novel respiratory viruses.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Air travel; Bioaerosol; Epidemiology; Respiratory viruses
PMID: 30237898 PMCID: PMC6142699 DOI: 10.1186/s40794-018-0071-7
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[h=1]Molecular surveillance of respiratory viruses with bioaerosol sampling in an airport.[/h] Bailey ES[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Choi JY[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Zemke J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Yondon M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Gray GC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Recognizing that crowded, high-traffic airports and airplanes have been implicated in respiratory disease transmission, we partnered with administrators of Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU) in conducting a pilot study of aerosol surveillance for respiratory viruses at RDU. From January to March 2018 we used NIOSH 2-stage samplers to collect 150 min aerosol samples in crowded areas at RDU. Four (17%) of the 24 samples were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza D virus and adenovirus. These results suggest the feasibility of employing bioaerosol surveillance techniques in public transportation areas, such as airports, as a noninvasive way to detect and characterize novel respiratory viruses.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Air travel; Bioaerosol; Epidemiology; Respiratory viruses
PMID: 30237898 PMCID: PMC6142699 DOI: 10.1186/s40794-018-0071-7
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