Environmental contamination by Aspergillus spp. in laying hen farms and associated health risks for farm workers

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 3, 2014, Pages 464-470

  Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Camarda, Antonio ^a   Iatta, Roberta ^a   Danesi, Patrizia ^b   Favuzzi, Vincenza ^a   Di Paola, Giancarlo ^a   Pugliese, Nicola ^a   Caroli, Anna ^a   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIDIUM; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEN; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84896704328     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.065946-0     Document Type: Article

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