Optika Atmosfery i Okeana Journal

Vol. 17, issue 05-06, article # 18

Agranovski I. E., Sergeev A. N., P'yankov O. V., Petrishenko V. A., Agafonov A. P., Ignat'ev G. M., Borodulin A. I., Safatov A. S. Testing of a new personal sampler for detection of viable viruses in aerosol state. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2004. V. 17. No. 05-06. P. 429-432. PDF
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Abstract:

We present the results of tests of a new personal virus sampler. Viruses with different stability in the environment: influenza, measles, mumps, vaccinia, and SARS, were used for testing. It was shown that during sampling 80% of biological activity of influenza virus (labile virus) and only about 10% of activity of vaccinia virus (robust virus) was lost. Viruses in the sampler lost up to 1.5 logarithms of biological activity during sampling for 4 hours at room temperature. The potential of using the new personal sampler for detection of viable viruses in aerosol state was shown.