A new method for sampling and detection of exhaled respiratory virus aerosols.
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.
Huynh
Kerrianne N
KN
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Oliver
Brian G
BG
Stelzer
Sacha
S
Rawlinson
William D
WD
Tovey
Euan R
ER
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*
D000336:Aerosols