Table 2.
Comparison of influenza A virus in samples collected for 24 hr using an MFC-PM10 high-volume sampler and a PTFE cassette for both the spiked samples (5 sets, n = 10) and unspiked air samples (13 sets, n = 26) at the Wan-Li air monitoring station in Taiwan.
| Sampler (mean ± SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sample type | PTFE cassette | High-volume sampler | p-Valuea |
| Spiked samples (copies/m3) | 701.9 ± 309.6 | 433.1 ± 128.4 | 0.076 |
| Unspiked samples (copies/m3) | 76.4 ± 22.09 | 5.9 ± 8.7 | 0.606 |
| Inhibitory rate | 43% | 80% | |
a
Mann-Whitney U-test.