

Author: Groulx N. Turgeon N. Duchaine C.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0278-6826
Source: Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol.49, Iss.4, 2015-04, pp. : 250-255
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Abstract
Bacteria, viruses, fungus, and other biological components (toxins, membranes, spores) can spread in the air through various aerosolization processes (breathing, bubbling, explosion, evaporation) and travel until they reach a surface or a host. Nosocomial diseases are an example of illnesses caused by a human contact with such pathogen vectors in hospital settings. Very little is known about the aerosolization processes of viruses and bacteria and their potential to infect people after their passage in the airborne state and about the microbial burden carried by individual aerosol particles. Here we propose a novel approach to study the aerosolization mechanisms of bacteria in single particles using fluorescence spectroscopy and a homemade system allowing the control of the aerosolization and the impaction of bacteria on a black filter. We validated the concept using
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