Collection, particle sizing and detection of airborne viruses

M Pan, JA Lednicky, CY Wu - Journal of applied microbiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Viruses that affect humans, animals and plants are often dispersed and transmitted through
airborne routes of infection. Due to current technological deficiencies, accurate …

Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

VR Després, JA Huffman, SM Burrows… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Atmospheric aerosol particles of biological origin are a very diverse group of biological
materials and structures, including microorganisms, dispersal units, fragments and …

Mechanistic theory predicts the effects of temperature and humidity on inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses

DH Morris, KC Yinda, A Gamble, FW Rossine, Q Huang… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Ambient temperature and humidity strongly affect inactivation rates of enveloped viruses, but
a mechanistic, quantitative theory of these effects has been elusive. We measure the stability …

Humidity-dependent decay of viruses, but not bacteria, in aerosols and droplets follows disinfection kinetics

K Lin, LC Marr - Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
The transmission of some infectious diseases requires that pathogens can survive (ie,
remain infectious) in the environment, outside the host. Relative humidity (RH) is known to …

Physico-chemical characteristics of evaporating respiratory fluid droplets

EP Vejerano, LC Marr - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The detailed physico-chemical characteristics of respiratory droplets in ambient air, where
they are subject to evaporation, are poorly understood. Changes in the concentration and …

Survival of the enveloped bacteriophage Phi6 (a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2) in evaporated saliva microdroplets deposited on glass surfaces

A Fedorenko, M Grinberg, T Orevi, N Kashtan - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Survival of respiratory viral pathogens in expelled saliva microdroplets is central to their
transmission, yet the factors that determine survival in such microdroplets are not well …

Methods for sampling of airborne viruses

D Verreault, S Moineau… - … and molecular biology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
To better understand the underlying mechanisms of aerovirology, accurate sampling of
airborne viruses is fundamental. The sampling instruments commonly used in aerobiology …

Inactivation of influenza A viruses in the environment and modes of transmission: a critical review

TP Weber, NI Stilianakis - Journal of infection, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The relative importance of airborne, droplet and contact transmission of
influenza A virus and the efficiency of control measures depends among other factors on the …

Relationship between humidity and influenza A viability in droplets and implications for influenza's seasonality

W Yang, S Elankumaran, LC Marr - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Humidity has been associated with influenza's seasonality, but the mechanisms underlying
the relationship remain unclear. There is no consistent explanation for influenza's …

Survival of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses on inanimate surfaces

S Firquet, S Beaujard, PE Lobert, F Sané… - Microbes and …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the present study, we evaluated the viability of non-enveloped viruses, minute virus of
mice (MVM) and coxsackievirus B4 (CVB4), and enveloped-viruses, influenza A virus …