

@article {14727,
	title = {Effect of relative humidity on the airborne survival of rhinovirus-14},
	journal = {Can J Microbiol},
	volume = {31},
	year = {1985},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {1058{\textendash}61},
	abstract = {Rhinovirus-14, suspended in tryptose phosphate broth supplemented with uranine (physical tracer) and an antifoam, was aerosolized by use of a Collison nebulizer. The aerosols were held in a rotating drum with the relative humidity at either the low (30 +/- 5\%), medium (50 +/- 5\%), or high (80 +/- 5\%) level at 20 +/- 1 degrees C. An all-glass impinger was used to recover the virus from the air in the drum, with the first air sample being collected after a 15-min period of aerosol stabilization. Subsequent air samples were withdrawn at 2, 4, 8, and 14 h after stabilization of the aerosol. At the low and medium relative humidity levels, the infectivity of the airborne virus was rapidly lost and less than 0.25\% could be detected in the first air sample. At the high RH level, however, the airborne virus had a half-life of 13.7 +/- 1.91 h and nearly 30\% of the input infectious virus could be detected in the drum air even after 24 h of aerosolization. These findings suggest that under certain environmental conditions, notably high relative humidity, air may act as a vehicle for the spread of rhinovirus infections.},
	keywords = {*Air Microbiology, *Humidity, Fluorescein, Fluoresceins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Rhinovirus/*growth \& development, Seasons},
	issn = {0008-4166 (Print) 0008-4166 (Linking)},
	author = {Karim, Y. G. and Ijaz, M. K. and Sattar, S. A. and Johnson-Lussenburg, C. M.}
}
