Electrostatic Sampling of Patient Breath for Pathogen Detection: A Pilot Study

Collecting samples for diagnosis of respiratory infections can be invasive and highly uncomfortable for patients; with sampling techniques ranging from nasal or throat swabs to bronchoalveolar lavage. In this work, we explore the electrostatic capture of exhaled pathogens as a non-invasive sampling...

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Main Authors: Laila Ladhani, Gaspard Pardon, Pieter Moons, Herman Goossens, Wouter van der Wijngaart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmech.2020.00040/full