Swimming pools and fungi: An environmental epidemiology survey in Italian indoor swimming facilities

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Brandi, Giorgio ^a   Sisti, Maurizio ^a   Paparini, Andrea ^b   Gianfranceschi, Gianluca ^b   Schiavano, Giuditta F ^a   De Santi, Mauro ^a   Santoni, Daniele ^b   Magini, Valter ^b   Romano Spica, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Bioinformatics; Environmental microbiology; Fungi; Phylogenetic analysis; Swimming pool

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; YEAST;

AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIODIVERSITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM SIMPLICISSIMUM; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING POOL; TAXONOMY; TIME PERCEPTION; YEAST;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 34247862110     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701254862     Document Type: Article

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