Establishment and Clinical Applications of a Portable System for Capturing Influenza Viruses Released through Coughing

Etsuko Hatagishi; Michiko Okamoto; Suguru Ohmiya; Hisakazu Yano; Toru Hori; Wakana Saito; Hiroshi Miki; Yasushi Suzuki; Reiko Saito; Taro Yamamoto; Makoto Shoji; Yoshihisa Morisaki; Soichiro Sakata; Hidekazu Nishimura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103560

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Establishment and Clinical Applications of a Portable System for Capturing Influenza Viruses Released through Coughing

Etsuko Hatagishi,

Affiliations Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan, Department of International Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Michiko Okamoto,

Affiliation Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Suguru Ohmiya,

Affiliation Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Hisakazu Yano,

Affiliation Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Toru Hori,

Affiliation Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Wakana Saito,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Hiroshi Miki,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Yasushi Suzuki,

Affiliation Division of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Reiko Saito,

Affiliation Division of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Taro Yamamoto,

Affiliations Department of International Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Makoto Shoji,

Affiliation Shoji Clinic, Sendai, Japan
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Yoshihisa Morisaki,

Affiliation Japan Self-Defense Force Sendai Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Soichiro Sakata,

Affiliation Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Hidekazu Nishimura

* E-mail: hide-nishimura@mte.biglobe.ne.jp

Affiliation Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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Establishment and Clinical Applications of a Portable System for Capturing Influenza Viruses Released through Coughing

Etsuko Hatagishi,
Michiko Okamoto,
Suguru Ohmiya,
Hisakazu Yano,
Toru Hori,
Wakana Saito,
Hiroshi Miki,
Yasushi Suzuki,
Reiko Saito,
Taro Yamamoto

Published: August 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103560

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