Comparison of populations of mould species in homes in the UK and USA using mould-specific quantitative PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-373

  Vesper, Stephen J ^a   Wymer, L J ^a   Meklin, T ^b   Varma, M ^a   Stott, R ^c,d   Richardson, M ^e   Haugland, R A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Healthy Office Fugenex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

British; Indicator; Indoor moulds; Mould specific quantitative PCR; Population

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MOLDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATYPICALS; BRITISH; DUST SAMPLES; INDICATOR SPECIES; INDOOR MOLDS; MOLD-SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE PCR; MOLD-SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; STATE OF OHIO;

DUST;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOME; MOULD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25844455403     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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