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Detection of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and Environmental Contamination in SARS Outbreak Units by Booth, Timothy F., Kournikakis, Bill, Bastien, Nathalie, Ho, Jim, Kobasa, Darwyn, Stadnyk, Laurie, Li, Yan, Spence, Mel, Paton, Shirley, Henry, Bonnie, Mederski, Barbara, White, Diane, Low, Donald E., McGeer, Allison, Simor, Andrew, Vearncombe, Mary, Downey, James, Jamieson, Frances B., Tang, Patrick, Plummer, Frank

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown…”
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PREDICTION OF AEROSOL HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE OPENING OF AN ANTHRAX-TAINTED LETTER IN AN OPEN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS by FUE-SANG LIEN, HUA JI, EUGENE YEE, BILL KOURNIKAKIS

“…Early experimental work, conducted at Defence R&D Canada–Suffield, measured and characterized the personal and environmental contamination associated with…”
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Bacillus anthracis aerosolization associated with a contaminated mail sorting machine by Dull, Peter M, Wilson, Kathy E, Kournikakis, Bill, Whitney, Ellen A S, Boulet, Camille A, Ho, Jim Y W, Ogston, Jim, Spence, Mel R, McKenzie, Megan M, Phelan, Maureen A, Popovic, Tanja, Ashford, David

“…On October 12, 2001, two envelopes containing Bacillus anthracis spores passed through a sorting machine in a postal facility in Washington, D.C. When anthrax…”
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Anthrax Letters: Personal Exposure, Building Contamination, and Effectiveness of Immediate Mitigation Measures by Kournikakis, Bill, Ho, Jim, Duncan, Scott

“…This report is the first detailed and quantitative study of potential mitigation procedures intended to deal with anthrax letters using a simulated anthrax…”
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Statistical analysis of bacterial spore aerosols created by opening a spore containing “anthrax letter” in an office by Kournikakis, Bill, Walker, Mike, Ho, Jim, Duncan, Scott

“…This report provides a statistical analysis of a Bacillus atrophaeus spore aerosol generated by opening a spore containing letter in an office, simulating the…”
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Pulmonary Deposition of Aerosolized Bacillus Atrophaeus in a Swine Model Due to Exposure from a Simulated Anthrax Letter Incident by Scott Duncan, E. J., Kournikakis, Bill, Ho, Jim, Hill, Ira

“…Dry anthrax spore powder is readily disseminated as an aerosol and it is possible that passive dispersion when opening a letter containing anthrax spores may…”
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Anthrax Letters in an Open Office Environment: Effects of Selected CDC Response Guidelines on Personal Exposure and Building Contamination by Kournikakis, Bill, Martinez, Kenneth F., McCleery, Robert E., Shadomy, Sean V., Ramos, Gabriel

“…In 2001, letters filled with a powder containing anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) spores were delivered by mail to a number of governmental and media locations…”
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Intranasal immunization with liposome-formulated Yersinia pestis vaccine enhances mucosal immune responses by Baca-Estrada, Maria E., Foldvari, Marianna, Snider, Marlene, Harding, Kent, Kournikakis, Bill, Babiuk, Lorne A., Griebel, Philip

“…The induction of mucosal immune responses by a liposome-formulated Y. pestis vaccine (formaldehyde-killed whole cell vaccine; KWC) was evaluated. We…”
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Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS Uutbreak Units. Commentary by TONG, Tommy R, BOOTH, Timothy F, HENRY, Bonnie, MEDERSKI, Barbara, WHITE, Diane, LOW, Donald E, MCGEER, Allison, SIMOR, Andrew, VEARNCOMBE, Mary, DOWNEY, James, JAMIESON, Frances B, TANG, Patrick, KOURNIKAKIS, Bill, PLUMMER, Frank, BASTIEN, Nathalie, HO, Jim, KOBASA, Darwyn, STADNYK, Laurie, YAN LI, SPENCE, Mel, PATON, Shirley

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Anthrax-protective effects of yeast beta 1,3 glucans by Kournikakis, Bill, Mandeville, Rosemonde, Brousseau, Pauline, Ostroff, Gary

“…The recent events increasing the threat of bioterrorism have prompted a widespread search for defenses against this peril. To evaluate the anthrax-protective…”
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Titration of avirulent Newcastle disease virus by the plaque assay method by Kournikakis, B, Fildes, J

“…Parameters of a plaque assay for avirulent strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) were optimized for reproducibility and optimum titer in LLC-MK2 cells…”
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Optimization of a phagocyte microplate chemiluminescent assay by Kournikakis, B, Simpson, M

“…Chemiluminescent assays have been used to quantify phagocytic activity since 1972. In recent years these assays have been adapted to the 96-well microplate…”
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