Prevalence and airborne spore levels of Stachybotrys spp. in 200 houses with water incursions in Houston, Texas

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Kuhn, Ryan C ^a   Trimble, Mingyi W ^a   Hofer, Vasanthi ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Nassof, Russell S ^a  

^a Environomics Southwest LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosolized; Stachybotrys; Water incursion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; SURFACES;

AIRBORNE SPORE LEVELS; STACHYBOTRYS SPP.; WALL CAVITY; WATER INCURSION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MYCOTOXIN;

FLOODING; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; SPORE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOUSING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STACHYBOTRYS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HOUSING; PREVALENCE; SPORES, FUNGAL; STACHYBOTRYS; TEXAS; WATER;

HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS;

EID: 19044381554     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-110     Document Type: Article

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