Is ISOL-AIDE effective against smallpox?
To date, there have been no reported incidents of smallpox being used by biological terrorists in the mail. The Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 281 No. 22, June 9, 1999) states the smallpox virus is characteristically a brick-shaped structure with a diameter of about .2 micron (larger than .12 micron ULPA rating). Conventional HEPA filtration (.3 micron rating) is currently used in laboratories doing smallpox research and for respiratory protection in health care settings. This evidence would indicate that ISOL-AIDE’s ULPA filtration would be effective should smallpox become a weapon in mail.
