title: A new method for sampling and detection of exhaled respiratory virus aerosols.
abstract: We have developed a mask sampler for exhaled respiratory viruses. Among a group of 9 patients with cold symptoms who had virus-positive nasal mucus specimens, as analyzed by multiplexed polymerase chain reaction, virus-positive mask samples were obtained after coughing (20 times), talking (20 min), or breathing (20 min) from 6, 5, and 3 patients, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Kerrianne N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Sacha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stelzer
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
authors.forename: Euan R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Tovey
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D009666:Nose / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000821:virology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols