Background Civil air travel is increasingly recognized as an important potential source for
the rapid spread of infectious diseases that were geographically confined in the past …

Abstract Performed inside International Space Station (ISS) from 2011 to 2016, VIABLE
(eValuatIon And monitoring of microBiofiLms insidE International Space Station) ISS was a …

As the world grapples with the swift global spread of the 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-
nCoV), it is worth noting that airplane cabins provide a congenial environment for the …

Aims: To examine bacterial contamination of passenger aircraft and to identify aeroplane
environments posing the greatest potential health risk. Methods and Results: DNA was …

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed habitat in a uniquely extreme and hostile
environment. Due to these special conditions, the human microflora can undergo unusual …

The International Space Station (ISS) is a complex built environment physically isolated from
Earth. Assessing the interplay between the microbial community of the ISS and its crew is …

The ubiquity and resilience of microorganisms makes them unavoidable in most
environments including space habitats. The impaired immune system of astronauts in flight …

NASA cleanrooms are certified by particle counts and are humidity-controlled, temperature-
regulated, and oligotrophic in nature for assembling spacecraft subsystems …

Spacecraft and space habitats supporting human exploration contain a diverse population of
microorganisms. Microorganisms may threaten human habitation in many ways that directly …

Although exposure to bacteria has been assessed in cabin air previously, minimal numbers
of samples have been collected in-flight. The purpose of this research was to …