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ArticleJournal of aerosol science2018

Bacterial pathogens were detected from human exhaled breath using a novel protocol.

Yunhao Zheng, Haoxuan Chen, Maosheng Yao, Xiaoguang Li

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Article in Journal of aerosol science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission and detection.Eco-Environment & Health · 2022
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  16. Advances in airborne microorganisms detection using biosensors: A critical review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2021
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  19. On airborne transmission and control of SARS-Cov-2.The Science of the total environment · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yunhao ZhengState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Haoxuan ChenState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Maosheng YaoState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Xiaoguang LiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is generally believed that influenza outbreak is associated with breath-borne transmission of viruses, however relevant evidence is little for that of respiratory bacterial infections. On another front, point-of-care infection diagnostic methods at the bedside are significantly lacking. Here, we used a newly developed protocol of integrating an exhaled breath condensate (EBC) collection device (PKU BioScreen) and Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) to investigate what bacterial pathogens can be directly exhaled out from humans. Exhaled breath condensates were collected from human subjects with respiratory infection symptoms at Peking University 3rd hospital using the BioScreen. The screened bacterial pathogens included

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Airborne transmissionExhaled breath condensateLAMPPathogensThroat swabs

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PMID32226119
PMCPMC7094568

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