Data for Ambient air sampling for collection and quantification of viable Bacillus anthracis simulant spores during a large outdoor decontamination field exercise

Description

The data include the Dry Filter Unit flow rate data and the microbiological data in terms of colony forming units collected on the DFU filters. The data are for each DFU, for each day of sampling. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wood, J., E. Silvestri-Niemer, M. Pirhalla, S. Serre, M.W. Calfee, K. McConkey, T. Boe, M. Monge, D. Aslett, and A. Abdel-Hady. Fate and transport of viable Bacillus anthracis simulant spores in ambient air during a large outdoor decontamination field exercise. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 74(7): 464-477, (2024).

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53 DFU%20sample%20form%20Data%206.2.22.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1529833/DFU%20sample%20form%20Data%206.2.22.xlsx
10 data%20dictionary.docx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1529833/data%20dictionary.docx
53 Master%20DFU%20sample%20results.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1529833/Master%20DFU%20sample%20results.xlsx

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  • homeland-security
  • air-sampling
  • anthrax-spores
  • dry-filter-units
  • decontamination
  • bacillus-anthracis

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