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Study of airborne fungal spores in Madrid, Spain

Aerobiologia, 2006
The concentration of fungal spores in the atmosphere of Madrid was recorded and analyzed for the year 2003. Airborne spores were sampled con- tinuously with a Hirst-type spore trap located on the roof of a building of the School of Pharmacy, at about 8 m above ground level.
Alberto Díez Herrero, Silvia Sabariego Ruiz, Montserrat Gutiérrez Bustillo, Patricia Cervigón Morales   +3 more
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Microfluidic System for Rapid Detection of Airborne Pathogenic Fungal Spores

ACS Sensors, 2018
Airborne fungi, including Aspergillus species, are the major causes of human asthma. Direct capture and analysis of pathogenic fungi in indoor air is important for disease prevention and control. In this paper, we demonstrated an integrated microfluidic system capable of enrichment and high-throughput detection for airborne fungal spores of Aspergillus
Xiaoxu Li, Xinlian Zhang, Qi Liu, Wang Zhao, Sixiu Liu, Guodong Sui   +5 more
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Airborne fungal spores in Ahwaz, Iran.

Annals of allergy, 1978
A one-year study of airborne fungi in Ahwaz, Iran, indicated that opportunistic fungi of clinical significance varied in response to environmental conditions. Saprophytic strains did not vary significantly. The most prevalent airbone fungi were Penicillium, Alternaria, Aspergillus and Cladosporium.
A R, Hariri, A, Ghahary, M, Naderinasab, C, Kimberlin   +3 more
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Airborne fungal spores of Alternaria, meteorological parameters and predicting variables

International Journal of Biometeorology, 2014
Alternaria is frequently found as airborne fungal spores and is recognized as an important cause of respiratory allergies. The aerobiological monitoring of fungal spores was performed using a Burkard volumetric spore traps. To establish predicting variables for daily and weakly spore counts, a stepwise multiple regression between spore concentrations ...
Farah, Filali Ben Sidel, Hassan, Bouziane, Maria, Del Mar Trigo, Fatima, El Haskouri, Fadoua, Bardei, Abdelbari, Redouane, Mohamed, Kadiri, Hassane, Riadi, Mohamed, Kazzaz   +8 more
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Effect of Sampling Height on the Concentration of Airborne Fungal Spores

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2008
Spores of many fungal species have been documented as important aeroallergens. Airborne fungal spores are commonly collected from the outdoor air at the rooftop level of high buildings; however, human exposure usually occurs nearer to the ground. It is necessary to estimate the concentration of airborne fungal spores at the human breathing level to ...
Abeer, Khattab, Estelle, Levetin
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Airborne mesophilic fungal spores in various residential environments

Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics, 1992
Abstract In the present work viable fungal spore counts and flora of indoor air were compared in various residences. Total viable spore counts were lowest in the urban/suburban residences and highest in the rural residences. Moisture problems in the urban environment did not increase total viable spore count, but affected composition of fungal flora.
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Airborne Cladosporium fungal spores and climate change in France

Aerobiologia, 2016
Fungal spores are among the most commonly encountered airborne biological particles, and it is widely proved that they represent a potential source of allergens involved in rhinitis and asthma. A change in temperature may influence the colonisation and growth of fungi directly through the physiology of individual organisms, or indirectly through ...
Charlotte Sindt, Jean-Pierre Besancenot, Michel Thibaudon   +2 more
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Gravimetric survey of airborne fungal spores in Milan

Aerobiologia, 1996
Knowledge of airborne viable particles is basic to every study of respiratory allergies and an understanding of airborne fungal spores is particularly useful because they are harder to detect than other inhalant allergens such as pollens, which can be predicted seasonally. The gravimetric method is the simplest way to search for fungal spores.
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How do airborne fungal spores avoid immune recognition? (40.1)

The Journal of Immunology, 2010
Abstract Every day we inhale thousands of tiny fungal spores (conidia), originating from many different fungal species such as Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Penicillium and Alternaria. Although these spores are packed with antigens and allergens, yet their inhalation does not continuously activate our innate immune cells or provoke ...
Jagadeesh Bayry, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Silvia Bozza, Olaf Kniemeyer, Katia Perruccio, SriRamulu Elluru, Cecile Clavaud, Sophie Paris, Axel Brakhage, Srini Kaveri, Luigina Romani, Jean-Paul Latgé   +11 more
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Contamination of mural paintings by indoor airborne fungal spores

Aerobiologia, 1993
The processes of biodeterioration on mural paintings have often been discussed, whereas the causes of contamination have seldom been examined. Many microorganisms responsible for the biodeterioration of paintings are of airborne origin. It follows that an investigation on the aerial microbial concentration and air movements in painted indoors is very ...
Nugari Maria Pia, Realini Marco, Roccardi Ada   +2 more
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