In recent years, much attention has been drawn to the exposure to bioaerosols in both
occupational and indoor environments due to adverse effects on human health. Exposure to …

As countries continue to industrialize, major cities experience diminished air quality,
whereas rural populations also experience poor air quality from sources such as agricultural …

Metagenomics uses nucleic acid sequencing to characterize species diversity in different
niches such as environmental biomes or the human microbiome. Most studies have used …

The assessment of microbiome biodiversity is the most common application of
metagenomics. While 16S sequencing remains standard procedure for taxonomic profiling …

The microorganisms contained in PM 2.5 from livestock houses can spread over long
distances through airborne transmission. As such, the potential bacterial pathogens and …

Airborne bacterial communities are subject to conditions ill-suited to microbial activity and
growth. In spite of this, air is an important transfer medium for bacteria, with the bacteria in …

Agricultural workers, especially those who work in swine confinement facilities, are at
increased risk for developing pulmonary diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive …

Objective: Recent studies have made advances into understanding the complex agriculture
work exposure environment in influencing asthma in adults. The objective of this study is to …

Living on a farm has been linked to a lower risk of immunoregulatory disorders, such as
asthma, allergy, and inflammatory bowel disease. It is hypothesized that a decrease in the …

Injurious dust exposures in the agricultural workplace involve the release of inflammatory
mediators and activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in the respiratory …