A second-generation anthrax "smoke detector".

A second-generation anthrax "smoke detector".

We have demonstrated quantification of aerosolized bacterial spores with a response time of 10 minutes, a sensitivity of 50 spores per liter of air, and a dynamic range of 4 orders of magnitude using a bioaerosol sampler, thermal spore lysis, and a lifetime-gated fluorimeter. This technology is amen...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 23, 1 (2004).
Main Author: Lester, E.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
U.S. Postal Service.
Aerosolized bacterial spores.
Airborne bacterial spores.
Anthrax monitoring.
Anthrax spore detector.
Bioaerosol sampler.
Dynamic range.
Front-end monitor.
Lifetime-gated fluorimeter.
Response time.
Sensitivity.
Unattended monitoring.