Next-generation DNA sequencing reveals that low fungal diversity in house dust is associated with childhood asthma development

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-247

  Dannemiller, K C ^a   Mendell, M J ^b   Macher, J M ^b   Kumagai, K ^b   Bradman, A ^c   Holland, N ^c   Harley, K ^c   Eskenazi, B ^c   Peccia, J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Asthma; Dampness; Fungi; Moisture; Mold

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; DUST; GENE ENCODING; MOISTURE; MOLDS;

%MOISTURE; 454-PYROSEQUENCING; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAMPNESS; DNA SEQUENCING; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; HOUSE DUST; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; ODD RATIOS;

FUNGI;

FUNGI;

DUST; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DUST; FEMALE; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84899660153     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12072     Document Type: Article

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