New paper published by members of our team including: Dr Henry Oswin, Prof Raymond Tellier, Dr Robert Groth, D/Prof Lidia Morawska and more.
This paper titled, โQuantification of airborne respiratory microflora provides insights into airborne infection riskโ is published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Highlights from the paper:
๐ Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting healthy airborne respiratory microflora (ARM) was developed (ARM-PCR).
๐ In the lab, the ARM-PCR was able to detect airborne respiratory material.
๐ The ARM-PCR was tested on air sampled from various locations around a hospital.
๐ The hospital emergency department had higher ARM concentrations than the intensive care unit.
๐ The ARM signal correlated with SARS-CoV-2 copy numbers within the air samples.
๐Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108403
Australian Research Council (ARC), QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
