Infectious Disease Research

Emerging Pathogens
Aerobiology Program

BL-3/BL-2 Bioaerosol Science and Aerosol Inhalation Capabilities

Inhalation Exposure Systems

• Rodent nose-only
• Rodent whole-body
• Rabbit nose-only
• Ferret nose-only
• Canine oro-nasal
• NHP oro-nasal
• Mini pig oro-nasal

Bioaerosol Science

• Particle size distribution - gravimetric and chemical analyses
• Aerodynamic Particle Sizer^®
• Cascade impaction
• Cyclone

• Aerosol concentration - gravimetric and chemical analyses
• Impingement
• Real-time aerosol monitor
• DustTrak^®
• MicroDust Pro^®
• Filtration
• Cyclone
• Stainless steel liquid impinger
• All-glass liquid impinger

• Aerosol Generation
• Commercial nebulizers
• PARI LC Plus^®
• Hospitak
• Heart Series
• Lovelace nebulizer
• Collison nebulizer
• Ultrasonic nebulizer
• DeVilbiss^®
• Aerogen^®
• Custom designed nebulizer
• Slit-Jet nebulizer
• Dry powder aerosol generators
• Reciprocating bolus dispersion
• Capsule dispersion
• Blister pack dispersion
• Venturi
• Fluid-bed generator

Containment

• Class III biosafety cabinet
• Class III transfer carts
• Super Mouse 750 Micro-Isolator^®
• Class II Type A2 biosafety cabinets
• Flexible film bioisolators

Specialized

• Plethysmography
• NHP head-out
• Rabbit head-out
• Rodent head-out
• Rodent whole-body
• Inhalation
• Forced ventilatory maneuvers (intubation)
• Penn Century Microsprayer^TM
• Bioaerosol Science
• Instrument design and characterization
• Aerosol detector and trigger challenge