Bacteriophage

This study investigated the feasibility of using the spatial distribution of expiratory aerosols and thepercentage viability of airborne viruses to estimate the spatial exposure levels of airborne viruses inrooms under imperfectly mixed condition. Experiments were conducted in a hospital ward withceiling-mixing type ventilation system. A broth solution with a known concentration of bacteriophages,as to simulate airborne viruses, was aerosolized with a droplet size distribution similar to humanexpiratories. Spatial distributions of these aerosols were measured using an aerosol spectrometer.