Recognizing that crowded, high-traffic airports and airplanes have been implicated in respiratory disease transmission, we partnered with administrators of Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU) in conducting a pilot study of aerosol surveillance for respiratory viruses at RDU. From January to March 2018 we used NIOSH 2-stage samplers to collect 150 min aerosol samples in crowded areas at RDU. Four (17%) of the 24 samples were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza D virus and adenovirus. These results suggest the feasibility of employing bioaerosol surveillance techniques in public transportation areas, such as airports, as a noninvasive way to detect and characterize novel respiratory viruses.
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Bailey, E. S., Choi, J. Y., Zemke, J., Yondon, M., & Gray, G. C. (2018). Molecular surveillance of respiratory viruses with bioaerosol sampling in an airport. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-018-0071-7
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