Airborne bioaerosols and their impact on human health

KH Kim, E Kabir, SA Jahan - Journal of Environmental sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioaerosols consist of aerosols originated biologically such as metabolites, toxins, or
fragments of microorganisms that are present ubiquitously in the environment. International …

Indoor bioaerosol dynamics

WW Nazaroff - Indoor air, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Inhaling indoor air is the primary means by which humans are exposed to bioaerosols.
Considering bacteria, fungi, and viruses, this study reviews the dynamic processes that …

Bioaerosol sampling: Classical approaches, advances, and perspectives

G Mainelis - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Bioaerosol sampling is an essential and integral part of any bioaerosol investigation. Since
bioaerosols are very diverse in terms of their sizes, species, biological properties, and …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning the microbiomes of buildings

RI Adams, S Bhangar, KC Dannemiller, JA Eisen… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Buildings represent habitats for microorganisms that can have direct or indirect effects on the
quality of our living spaces, health, and well-being. Over the last ten years, new research …

Bioaerosol sampling: sampling mechanisms, bioefficiency and field studies

CW Haig, WG Mackay, JT Walker, C Williams - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2016 - Elsevier
Investigations into the suspected airborne transmission of pathogens in healthcare
environments have posed a challenge to researchers for more than a century. With each …

Challenges and opportunities of airborne metagenomics

H Behzad, T Gojobori, K Mineta - Genome biology and evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Recent metagenomic studies of environments, such as marine and soil, have significantly
enhanced our understanding of the diverse microbial communities living in these habitats …

Effect of dust storms on the atmospheric microbiome in the Eastern Mediterranean

Y Mazar, E Cytryn, Y Erel, Y Rudich - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We evaluated the impact of Saharan dust storms on the local airborne microbiome in a city
in the Eastern Mediterranean area. Samples of particles with diameter less than 10 μm were …

Bioaerosol biomonitoring: Sampling optimization for molecular microbial ecology

RMW Ferguson, S Garcia‐Alcega… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioaerosols (or biogenic aerosols) have largely been overlooked by molecular ecologists.
However, this is rapidly changing as bioaerosols play key roles in public health …

Give me a sample of air and I will tell which species are found from your region: Molecular identification of fungi from airborne spore samples

N Abrego, V Norros, P Halme… - Molecular ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are a megadiverse group of organisms, they play major roles in ecosystem functioning
and are important for human health, food production and nature conservation. Our …

Quantitative assessment of microbes from samples of indoor air and dust

HK Leppänen, M Täubel, B Jayaprakash… - Journal of exposure …, 2018 - nature.com
Different types of house dust samples are widely used as surrogates of airborne inhalation
exposure in studies assessing health effects of indoor microbes. Here we studied—in a …