Establishment and clinical applications of a portable system for capturing influenza viruses released through coughing.

Establishment and clinical applications of a portable system for capturing influenza viruses released through coughing.

Coughing plays an important role in influenza transmission; however, there is insufficient information regarding the viral load in cough because of the lack of convenient and reliable collection methods. We developed a portable airborne particle-collection system to measure the viral load; it is equ...

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Main Authors: Etsuko Hatagishi, Michiko Okamoto, Suguru Ohmiya, Hisakazu Yano, Toru Hori, Wakana Saito, Hiroshi Miki, Yasushi Suzuki, Reiko Saito, Taro Yamamoto, Makoto Shoji, Yoshihisa Morisaki, Soichiro Sakata, Hidekazu Nishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4118893?pdf=render

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