Assessing allergenic fungi in house dust by floor wipe sampling and quantitative PCR

Indoor Air

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-530

  Yamamoto, N ^a,b   Shendell, D G ^c,d   Peccia, J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c School of Public Health   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Fungi; House dust; qPCR; Wipe sampling method

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; DUST; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; HOUSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ASTHMA; HEALTH-STUDY; HOUSE DUST; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING METHOD; SURFACE WIPES; WIPE SAMPLING METHOD; WIPE SAMPLINGS;

FLOORS;

FUNGI;

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; DUST; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FUNGI; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 84856448537     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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