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. 2002 Nov 12;18(2):87–106. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90114-5

Development of methods to study the survival of airborne viruses

MK Ijaz 1,∗, YG Karim 1, SA Sattar 1, CM Johnson-Lussenburg 1
PMCID: PMC7119592  PMID: 2828403

Abstract

A number of viruses have been shown to be transmitted by the airborne route. It is the ability of these viruses to retain their infectivity for living hosts which play a key role in their aerial dissemination. Data generated by a number of workers on the airborne survival of viruses varies considerably because laboratory techniques have not been standardized. About 5 yr ago we started studies on the airborne survival of a number of animal and human viruses. This paper describes the methodology developed to study the aerobiology of these viruses. These methods should be useful in the aerobiological work of other viruses.

Keywords: Virus aerosol, Respiratory virus, Enteric virus, Viral aerobiological technique

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