Bacterial and fungal communities in indoor aerosols from two Kuwaiti hospitals

N Habibi, S Uddin, M Behbehani… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The airborne transmission of COVID-19 has drawn immense attention to bioaerosols. The
topic is highly relevant in the indoor hospital environment where vulnerable patients are …

Ambient concentration of airborne microbes and endotoxins in rural households of southern India

M Akila, R Earappa, A Qureshi - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigation of microbial communities in the indoor environment is critically important as
majority of human life is spent indoors. Airborne microbial flora and their pyrogenic …

[PDF][PDF] Bacterial constituents of indoor air in a high throughput building in the tropics

TC Li, S Ambu, K Mohandas, MJ Wah, LH Sulaiman… - Trop Biomed, 2014 - msptm.org
Airborne bacteria are significant biotic constituents of bioaerosol. Bacteria at high
concentrations in the air can compromise indoor air quality (IAQ) and result in many …

Spatio-temporal variations in bacterial and fungal community associated with dust aerosol in Kuwait

F Al Salameen, N Habibi, S Uddin, K Al Mataqi… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Kuwait is a country with a very high dust loading; in fact it bears the world's highest
particulate matter concentration in the outdoor air. The airborne dust often has associated …

A study on microbiological contamination on air quality in hospitals in Egypt

ME Osman, HY Ibrahim, FA Yousef… - Indoor and Built …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to evaluate airborne environmental bacteria (environmental origin),
mesophilic bacteria (human related bacteria) and fungi at governmental (GH) and private …

Environmental factors and particle size shape the community structure of airborne total and pathogenic bacteria in a university campus

T Zhang, M Liu, D Zhou, Z Ma, L Chen, D Wu… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Given the dense population on university campuses, indoor and outdoor airborne bacterial
contamination may lead to the rapid spread of diseases in a university environment …

Microbiological indoor air quality of hospital buildings with different ventilation systems, cleaning frequencies and occupancy levels

A Hassan, M Zeeshan - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Pathogenic airborne microbes are the potential source of infectious diseases transmission.
This study aimed to investigate and compare the microbial load, composition and …

Molecular sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of bioaerosols in hospital wards with different ventilation conditions

A Nimra, Z Ali, S Sultan, ZA Nasir, S Sidra… - The Journal of Infection in …, 2022 - jidc.org
Introduction: Bioaerosols are one of major sources of hospital-acquired infections (HAI's)
that can pose serious health implications to the patients, health care workers and visitors in …

Seasonal variation and size distribution in the airborne indoor microbial concentration of residential houses in Delhi and its impact on health

P Kumar, AB Singh, R Singh - Aerobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Exposure of microbial agents in the air of indoor dwellings is associated with effects on
respiratory and general health. The current study was conducted in the urban area of Delhi …

Characterization of indoor bioaerosols from a hospital ward in a tropical setting

S Sudharsanam, S Swaminathan, A Ramalingam… - African health …, 2012 - ajol.info
Objectives: Study was conducted to assess whether temporal variation exists in airborne
microbial concentrations of a hospital ward (west-Chennai, India) using active and passive …