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As atmospheric viral concentrations are very low, a sampler with a high viral collection efficiency is essential. Although multiple approaches for evaluating collection efficiency have been applied using various samplers, no standardized sampler has yet been developed. We previously developed a wet-type electrostatic precipitator (WT-ESP) and successfully collected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from the public environment. However, its efficiency for quantitative collection of airborne viruses remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the collection efficiency of the WT-ESP. We evaluated collection efficiency via two different approaches: direct spray, where virus-containing aerosols were sprayed directly into the WT-ESP inlet, and indirect spray, where aerosols were dispersed into a closed space and then collected using the sampler. The direct spray tests achieved 20.1\u201350.2% collection efficiency, whereas the indirect spray test achieved an efficiency &lt;12%. These findings highlight that electrostatic precipitation has an advantage of enhancing collection efficiency compared with values reported for impingers in previous studies and provide preliminary insights into the collection efficiencies under direct and indirect spray conditions, providing foundational data that bridge the gap between both methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms14081863","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,21]],"date-time":"2026-08-21T14:20:36Z","timestamp":1787322036000},"page":"1863","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evaluation of the Collection Efficiency of a Wet-Type Electrostatic Precipitator for Aerosolized Influenza A Virus"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Kazuya","family":"Nakamura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"DENSO CORPORATION, 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya 448-8661, Aichi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takeshi","family":"Nagai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, LiSE 4c-1, 3-25-13 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-0821, Kanagawa, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9719-0645","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hitoshi","family":"Ishiguro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, LiSE 4c-1, 3-25-13 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-0821, Kanagawa, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keiichi","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, LiSE 4c-1, 3-25-13 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-0821, Kanagawa, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuhisa","family":"Nakagawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DENSO CORPORATION, 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya 448-8661, Aichi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masahiro","family":"Okanojo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DENSO CORPORATION, 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya 448-8661, Aichi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4952-8776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Akira","family":"Nukazuka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DENSO CORPORATION, 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya 448-8661, Aichi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Triggle, C.R., Bansal, D., Ding, H., Islam, M.M., Farag, E.A.B.A., Hadi, H.A., and Sultan, A.A. 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