Drifted Influenza A and B Viruses Collected by a Water-Based Condensation Growth Air Sampler in a Student Health Care Center during an Influenza Outbreak

Tania S Bonny; Maohua Pan; Julia C Loeb; Xiao Jiang; Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez; Susanne Hering; Z Hugh Fan; Chang-Yu Wu; John A Lednicky

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00178-17

Drifted Influenza A and B Viruses Collected by a Water-Based Condensation Growth Air Sampler in a Student Health Care Center during an Influenza Outbreak

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 13;5(15):e00178-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00178-17.

Authors

Tania S Bonny^{1

2}, Maohua Pan³, Julia C Loeb¹, Xiao Jiang⁴, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez⁵, Susanne Hering⁵, Z Hugh Fan^{4

6}, Chang-Yu Wu³, John A Lednicky^{7

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁵ Aerosol Dynamics, Inc., Berkeley, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁷ Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu.

Abstract

A viable virus aerosol sampler (VIVAS) effectively collected viable influenza A and B viruses from air inside a student health care center during an influenza outbreak. The viruses had "drifted" genes, showcasing the usefulness of the VIVAS for air sampling and noninvasive surveillance of viruses in circulation.