Exhaled breath condensate sampling is not a new method for detection of respiratory viruses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) sampling has been considered an inventive and novel method for the isolation of respiratory viruses.

Methods

In our study, 102 volunteers experiencing upper airway infection were recruited over the winter and early spring of 2008/2009 and the first half of the winter of 2009/2010. Ninety-nine EBCs were successfully obtained and screened for 14 commonly circulating respiratory viruses. To investigate the efficiency of virus isolation from EBC, a nasal swab was taken in parallel from a subset of volunteers. The combined use of the ECoVent device with the RTube™ allowed the registration of the exhaled volume and breathing frequency during collection. In this way, the number of exhaled viral particles per liter air or per minute can the

SUBMITTER: Houspie L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3059288 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature