Characterization of bioaerosols from dairy barns: Reconstructing the puzzle of occupational respiratory diseases by using molecular approaches

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3242-3248

  Lecours, Pascale Blais ^a   Veillette, Marc ^a   Marsolais, David ^a,b   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLES; ARCHAEAL; BIOAEROSOLS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; DAIRY BARNS; HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR APPROACH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TOOLS;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; DAIRIES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RNA;

FARM BUILDINGS;

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBREVIBACTER; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA;

EID: 84861162550     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07661-11     Document Type: Article

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