Challenges and perspectives for biosensing of bioaerosol containing pathogenic microorganisms

M Li, L Wang, W Qi, Y Liu, J Lin - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
As an important route for disease transmission, bioaerosols have received increasing
attention. In the past decades, many efforts were made to facilitate the development of …

Recent advances on bioaerosol collection and detection in microfluidic chips

L Wang, W Qi, Y Liu, D Essien, Q Zhang… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioaerosols containing pathogenic microorganisms have posed a great threat to human and
animal health. Effective monitoring of bioaerosols containing pathogenic viruses and …

[HTML][HTML] An application for relating Legionella shower water monitoring results to estimated health outcomes

AM Wilson, K Canter, SE Abney, CP Gerba, ER Myers… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure models are useful tools for relating environmental monitoring data to expected
health outcomes. The objective of this study was to (1) compare two Legionella shower …

Detection of airborne pathogens with single photon counting and a real-time spectrometer on microfluidics

N Yang, T Li, S Dong, S Zhang, Y Jia, H Mao, Z Zhang… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The common practice for monitoring pathogenic bioaerosols is to collect bioaerosols from air
and then detect them, which lacks timeliness and accuracy. In order to improve the detection …

New insights into the standard method of assessing bacterial filtration efficiency of medical face masks

J Pourchez, A Peyron, Y Montigaud, C Laurent… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Based on the current knowledge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-
CoV-2) transmission, wearing a mask has been recommended during the COVID-19 …

The Impact of Storms on Legionella pneumophila in Cooling Tower Water, Implications for Human Health

RL Brigmon, CE Turick, AS Knox… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
At the US Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, SC, cooling tower
water is routinely monitored for Legionella pneumophila concentrations using a direct …

Controlled heat and humidity-based treatment for the reuse of personal protective equipment: A pragmatic proof-of-concept to address the mass shortage of surgical …

L Bernard, G Desoubeaux… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: The coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an
unprecedented shortage of healthcare resources, primarily personal protective equipment …

Risk Exposure to Legionella pneumophila during Showering: The Difference between a Classical and a Water Saving Shower System

H Niculita-Hirzel, AS Vanhove, L Leclerc… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increase in legionellosis incidence in the general population in recent years calls for a
better characterization of the sources of infection, such as showering. Water-efficient shower …

Direct-read fluorescence-based measurements of bioaerosol exposure in home healthcare

VD Nathu, J Virkutyte, MB Rao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Home healthcare workers (HHCWs) are subjected to variable working environments which
increase their risk of being exposed to numerous occupational hazards. One of the potential …

Size-selective sampler combined with an immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of airborne Legionella pneumophila

L Liao, ZQ Luo, JH Byeon, JH Park - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Airborne biological aerosols (also called bioaerosols) are found in various environmental
and occupational settings. Among these, pathogenic bioaerosols can cause diseases such …