Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms.

The potential for human influenza viruses to spread through fine particle aerosols remains controversial. The objective of our study was to determine whether influenza viruses could be detected in fine particles in hospital rooms.We sampled the air in 2-bed patient isolation rooms for four hours, pl...

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Main Authors: Nancy H L Leung, Jie Zhou, Daniel K W Chu, Han Yu, William G Lindsley, Donald H Beezhold, Hui-Ling Yen, Yuguo Li, Wing-Hong Seto, Joseph S M Peiris, Benjamin J Cowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4743992?pdf=render