title: Measurement of airborne influenza virus in a hospital emergency department.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Effects Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA. FBlachere@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Francoise M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Blachere
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Lindsley
authors.forename: Terri A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: Stacey E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Rashida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khakoo
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lander
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Thewlis
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Bean T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Donald H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Beezhold
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000391:Air Microbiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols