University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated

Alexandros Demetrios Theodore

Chang-Yu Wu

Zhonghui Hugh Fan

Xiao Jiang

John Lednicky

Nima Afshar Mohajer

Maohua Pan

Lindsey Ann Riemenschneider

Jin-Hwa Lee

Described herein are bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use. In embodiments of bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use as described herein, systems and methods detect one or more coronaviruses and/or one or more influenza strains. In embodiments, coronaviruses according to systems and methods as described herein are SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In embodiments, influenza strains and/or particles according to the present disclosure are H1N1 influenza.

Bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use

Described herein are bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use.

Exemplary embodiments provide bioaerosol detection systems and methods for detecting bioaerosols. In one embodiment, the bioaerosol detection system can include a humidifier to increase the humidity of a continuously flowing sample volume of a bioaerosol sample using a biologically compatible liquid medium, and an amplifier to deposit vapor on the bioaerosol sample for a particle size amplification process. Bioaerosol(s) can thus be detected and sampled while simultaneously maintaining their viability. The disclosed bioaerosol detection systems and the methods can provide high efficiency for sampling and detecting ultrafine bioaerosol(s) such as viruses and proteins, which can be smaller than 0.3 &#x3bc;m in diameter and can be as small as 20 nm.

High-efficiency viable sampler for ultrafine bioaerosols

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Alexandros Demetrios Theodore