10th International Aerosol Conference
September 2 - September 7, 2018
America's Center Convention Complex
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Infectious Bioaerosol


Aerodynamic Particle Size Affects Infectivity and Lethality, but not Disease Timecourse, in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Inhalational Melioidosis. JEREMY BOYDSTON, John Yeager, Artemas Herzog, Jill Taylor, David Dawson, Angelo Scorpio, Paul Dabisch, BNBI / DHS NBACC

Aerosol and Surface Sampling for a Novel H7N2 Influenza A Virus at a New York City Feline Quarantine Facility. WILLIAM LINDSLEY, Francoise Blachere, Angela M. Weber, Donald Beezhold, Robert Thewlis, Kenneth R. Mead, John Noti, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Aerosol Particle Emission and Super-emission during Human Speech. SIMA ASADI, Anthony S. Wexler, Christopher Cappa, Nicole M. Bouvier, Santiago Barreda, William D. Ristenpart, University of California Davis

Aerosol Sampler Selection Impacts Quantification of Viable Burkholderia Pseudomallei. JILL TAYLOR, Michael Schuit, Paul Dabisch, BNBI / DHS NBACC

Antibiotic Resistance Genes Spread via Exhaled Breath. YUNHAO ZHENG, Jing Li, Xinyue Li, Maosheng Yao, Peking University

B. anthracis Spore Persistence Following Aerosol Challenge in New Zealand White Rabbits. SARA RUIZ, Aysegul Nalca, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

BioAerosol Generation Methods. JAY D. EVERSOLE, Cathy S. Scotto, Naval Research Laboratory

Bioaerosol Transmission: Experimental Replication of Natural Processes. RICHARD THOMAS, Dstl

Capture and Characterization of Exhaled Bio-aerosols from Tuberculosis (TB) Patients. ROBIN WOOD, Carl Morrow, Benjamin Patterson, Wayne Bryden, Charles Call, David Silcott, Catherine Fenselau, D. Chen, R. Dinkele, S. Gessner, Digby Warner, IDM, University of Cape Town

Characterization of Aerosolized Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in African Green Monkey Model. Allison Totura, Virginia Livingston, Ondraya Frick, David Dyer, AYSEGUL NALCA, USAMRIID

Conducting Inhalation Exposures Using Bioaerosols; Infectious Microorganisms and Toxins: Concepts and Lessons Learned. ROY BARNEWALL, Battelle, Columbus Ohio

Defining Pathogen Transmission Risks during Aerosol Generating Procedures in Healthcare Settings. Jiayu Li, Carrie O'neil, Ramesh Raliya, Yang Wang, Anna Leavey, Meghan Wallace, Carey-Ann Burnham, Adrianus Boon, HILARY BABCOCK, Pratim Biswas, Washington University in St Louis

Development of an Inhalational Animal Model of Q Fever. SARA RUIZ, Aysegul Nalca, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Development of an Inhalational Francisella Tularensis Exposure Therapeutic Model in New Zealand White Rabbits. ROY BARNEWALL, Chrs Cirimotich, Susan Reed, Kristin Patton, Heather Northup, Amber Lindsay, Phyllis Herr-Calomeni, Brian Miller, Gloria Sivko, Battelle, Columbus Ohio

Disease Progression in African Green Monkeys Exposed to Small Particle Aerosolized Nipah Virus. MATTHEW LACKEMEYER, Lucy Cong, Michael Holbrook, Kyle Bohannon, Peter Jahrling, NIAID

Downstream Effects of Ameobic Co-culture on B. pseudomallei. SARA RUIZ, Katie Beck, Aysegul Nalca, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Evaluation of Ozone Efficiency to Reduce Airborne Virus Concentration in Ventilation Ducts. NATHALIE TURGEON, Jean-Gabriel Turgeon, Jonathan M. Vyskocil, Caroline Duchaine, CRIUCPQ, Université Laval

Exploring the Fundamentals of Biological Decay and Survival in Aerosol Droplets with a New In Vitro Technology. MARA OTERO-FERNANDEZ, Allen E. Haddrell, Jonathan P. Reid, Richard Thomas, University of Bristol

Exposure of Cynomolgus Macaques To Small Particle Aerosols Containing H5N1 Avian Influenza Triggers Rapid, Lethal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. DOUGLAS REED, Elizabeth Wonderlich, Katherine O' Malley, Jennifer Bowling, Amy Hartman, Jonathan Carney, Charles Scanga, Daniel Perez, Simon Barratt-Boyes, University of Pittsburgh

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Aerosols: Past and Future Perspectives. CLAIRE COLENUTT, Noel Nelson, Emma Brown, Simon Gubbins, The Pirbright Institute

Host Transcriptomic Responses Predict Disease Severity in Nonhuman Primates Exposed to Small or Large Particle Aerosols Containing Burkholderia pseudomallei. JEREMY BOYDSTON, Adrian Caciula, Paul Dabisch, Xiaoyu Che, John Yeager, Jill Taylor, Gregory Williams, Ian Lipkin, Michael Hevey, Angela Rasmussen, BNBI / DHS NBACC

Identification of Toxic Mold Genes in Aerosolized Stachybotrys. Rhapsody Dearring, Qi Yao, Parisa Moghaddam-Taaheri, Amy Karlsson, AKUA ASA-AWUKU, University of Maryland, College Park

Inactivation of Aerosolized Bacillus Anthracis Spores in the Vicinity of a Flame: Simulation Study. WORRAWIT NAKPAN, Michael Yermakov, Reshmi Indugula, Tiina Reponen, Sergey A. Grinshpun, University of Cincinnati

Influence of HVAC Operation on the Dissemination Pattern of Aerosolized Simulant Pathogen Particles in a Clinical Bio-Containment Unit. David Drewry, JENNIFER THERKORN, Thomas Pilholski, Gregory Bova, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Lauren Sauer, Brian Garibaldi, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Influenza Virus Maintains Infectivity in Droplets and Aerosols Independent of Relative Humidity. Karen Kormuth, Kaisen Lin, Aaron Prussin II, Eric Vejerano, Andrea Tiwari, Steve Cox, Mike Myerburg, Seema Lakdawala, LINSEY MARR, Virginia Tech

Insights into the Phenotypic and Virulence Differences Observed in Two Lineages of Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b. GREGORY WILLIAMS, Jeremy Boydston, John Yeager, David Dawson, Ryan Bartlett, Angelo Scorpio, Paul Dabisch, Ian Gut, NBACC

Mechanistic Modeling of Pathogen Transmission. LYDIA BOUROUIBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Melioidosis from Aerosolization of the Environmental Bacterium Burkholderia Pseudomallei. BART CURRIE, Menzies School of Health Research & Royal Darwin Hosp., AU

Novel Method for Identification of Airborne Transmission Using Molecular Epidemiology. Donald Milton, Daniel J. Nasko, TODD TREANGEN, University of Maryland

Overview of Tuberculosis Transmission by Aerosol. CHAD J. ROY, Tulane University

Potential for Long-Distance Atmospheric Transmission of Influenza Virus. LINSEY MARR, Pei-Shih Chen, Virginia Tech

Preliminary Evaluation of Commercial Bioaerosol Sampling Equipment in the Collection of Viable Aerosols of Clostridium difficile. CASEY COOPER, Kathleen Aithinne, David L. Johnson, University of Oklahoma

Pulmonary Delivery of Ceftazidime for the Treatment of Melioidosis in a Murine Model. SARA RUIZ, Larry Bowen, Mark Bailey, Cory Berkland, USAMRIID

Stability of Variant H1 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Aged Aerosols and Their Infectivity in the Ferret Model. JOANNA PULIT-PENALOZA, Jessica Belser, Terrence Tumpey, Taronna Maines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Strategies for the Deployment of a Bioaerosol Air Sampling Network Following a Wide Area Attack. JONATHAN THORNBURG, Paul Mobley, Jean Kim, Prakash Doraiswamy, Timothy Boe, John Archer, M. Worth Calfee, Leroy Mickelsen, Sang Don Lee, RTI International

Studying Survival of Aerosolised Bacteria Using Poly(methyl) Methacrylate Microthreads. ANDREW SCOTT, Carwyn Davies, Emma Keyser, Dstl

Surveillance and Detection of Influenza Viruses in Live Poultry Markets in Kunshan, China. Xinye Wang, EMILY BAILEY, William Lindsley, Gregory Gray, Duke University

The Effect of Humidity on the Viability of Aerosolised Bacterial Agents. EMMA KEYSER, Carwyn Davies, DSTL

UV Intensity Calculated in Approximations of Clusters of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores for Predicting Viability. STEVEN HILL, Dan Mackowski, Frank Handler, Jana Kesavan, Adam Driks, David Doughty, US Army Research Lab

Viability of Aerosolized Murine Noroviruses in Experimental Setup. MALIN ALSVED, Anders Widell, Mats Bohgard, Patrik Medstrand, Jakob Löndahl, Lund University, Sweden