Monitoring spore washoff during a biological contamination incident response using automated stormwater samplers and sensors to predict contamination movement
AM Mikelonis, J Hall, CA Dunn, T McArthur… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examined the washoff of Bacillus globigii (Bg) spores from concrete, asphalt, and
grass surfaces by stormwater. Bg is a nonpathogenic surrogate for Bacillus anthracis, which …
grass surfaces by stormwater. Bg is a nonpathogenic surrogate for Bacillus anthracis, which …
Evaluation of sponge wipe surface sampling for collection of potential surrogates for non-spore-forming bioterrorism agents
LD Aslett, MW Calfee, M Monge… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aim Evaluate the efficacy of sponge wipe sampling at recovering potential bacterial
surrogates for Category A and B non-spore-forming bacterial bioterrorism agents from hard …
surrogates for Category A and B non-spore-forming bacterial bioterrorism agents from hard …
Fate and transport of viable bacillus anthracis simulant spores in ambient air during a large outdoor decontamination field exercise
JP Wood, E Silvestri, M Pirhalla, SD Serre… - Journal of the Air & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Wide Area Demonstration (WAD) was a field exercise conducted under the
US EPA's Analysis of Coastal Operational Resiliency program, in conjunction with the US …
US EPA's Analysis of Coastal Operational Resiliency program, in conjunction with the US …