Airborne fungal fragments and allergenicity

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 245-255

  Green, Brett J ^a   Tovey, Euan R ^b   Sercombe, Jason K ^b   Blachere, Francoise M ^a   Beezhold, Donald H ^a   Schmechel, Detlef ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen; Conidia; Fungi; Hyphae; Immunoassay; Mold

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONIDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HYPHAE; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 33749533982     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600776308     Document Type: Article

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