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ArticleAerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research2024

Concentrating viable airborne pathogens using a virtual impactor with a compact water-based condensation air sampler.

William B Vass, Sripriya Nannu Shankar, John A Lednicky, Morteza Alipanah, Braden Stump, Patricia Keady, Z Hugh Fan, Chang-Yu Wu

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Article in Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Advancing transcriptomic profiling of airborne bacteria.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

William B VassDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Sripriya Nannu ShankarDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
John A LednickyDepartment of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Morteza AlipanahDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Braden StumpAerosol Devices Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Patricia KeadyAerosol Devices Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Z Hugh FanDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Chang-Yu WuDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Funding

Using social networks to map and evaluate team science across CTSA hubsUL1TR001427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MITCHELL, DUANE A. · 2015 to 2024
$37.2M
Together: Transforming and Translating Discovery to Improve HealthTL1TR001428 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MCCORMACK, WAYNE T. · 2015 to 2023
$3.9M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001428NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogens can be collected from air and detected in samples by many methods. However, merely detecting pathogens does not answer whether they can spread disease. To fully assess health risks from exposure to airborne pathogens, the infectivity of those agents must be assessed. Air samplers which operate by growing particles through water vapor condensation and subsequently collecting them into a liquid medium have proven effective at conserving the viability of microorganisms. We present a study that assessed performance improvement of one such sampler, BioSpot-GEM

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