Measurement of Airborne Influenza Virus in a Hospital Emergency Department.

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Measurement of Airborne Influenza Virus in a Hospital Emergency Department.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jan 9;

Authors: Blachere FM, Lindsley WG, Pearce TA, Anderson SE, Fisher M, Khakoo R, Meade BJ, Lander O, Davis S, Thewlis RE, Celik I, Chen BT, Beezhold DH

Size-fractionated aerosol particles were collected in a hospital emergency department to test for airborne influenza virus. Using real-time polymerase chain reaction, we confirmed the presence of airborne influenza virus and found that 53% of detectable influenza virus particles were within the respirable aerosol fraction. Our results provide evidence that influenza virus may spread through the airborne route.

PMID: 19133798 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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