Pilot study of mold in homes of asthmatic children in Taipei, Taiwan, using the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index

Aerobiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-218

  Chen, Chi Hsien ^a,b   Chao, H Jasmine ^c   Shen, Wei Chiang ^b   Chen, Bing Yu ^a   Lin, King Teh ^d   Guo, Yue Leon ^a,b   Vesper, Stephen ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Mycometrics LLC   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Culture; Dust; ERMI; Mold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940005744     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-014-9358-y     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Barnett, H. L., & Hunter, B. B. (1998). Illustrated genera of imperfect fungi (4th ed.). St. Paul: APS Press.
2. Bolaños-Rosero, B., Betancourt, D., Dean, T., & Vesper, S. (2013). Pilot study of mold populations inside and outside of Puerto Rican residences. Aerobiologia,29, 537–543.
3. Chen, C. H., Chao, H. J., Chan, C. C., Chen, B. Y., & Guo, Y. L. (2014). Current asthma in schoolchildren is related to fungal spores in classrooms. Chest,146, 123–134.
4. Germain, G. S. (1996). Identifying filamentous fungi: A clinical laboratory handbook. Belmont: Star Publishing Company.
5. Haugland, R. A., Varma, M., Wymer, L. J., & Vesper, S. J. (2004). Quantitative PCR analysis of selected Aspergillus, Penicillium and Paecilomyces species. Systematic and Applied Microbiology,27, 198–210.
6. Hsieh, K. H., & Shen, J. J. (1988). Prevalence of childhood asthma in Taipei, Taiwan, and other Asian Pacific countries. Journal of Asthma,25, 73–82.
7. Hwang, C. Y., Chen, Y. J., Lin, M. W., Chen, T. J., Chu, S. Y., Chen, C. C., et al. (2010). Prevalence of atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and asthma in Taiwan: A national study 2000 to 2007. Acta Dermato-Venereologica,90, 589–594.
8. IOB (Institute of Medicine). (2004). National academies of science. Damp indoor spaces and health. Washington, D. C.: The National Academies Press.
9. Mallach, D. (1982). Moulds: Their isolation cultivation and identification. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
10. Masoli, M., Fabian, D., Holt, S., & Beasley, R. (2004). The global burden of asthma: Executive summary of the GINA Dissemination Committee report. Allergy,59, 469–478.
11. Mendell, M. J., Mirer, A. G., Cheung, K., Tong, M., & Douwes, J. (2011). Respiratory and allergic health effects of dampness, mold, and dampness-related agents: A review of the epidemiologic evidence. Environmental Health Perspectives,119, 748–756.
12. Millien, V. O., Lu, W., Shaw, J., Yuan, X., Mak, G., Roberts, L., et al. (2013). Cleavage of fibrinogen by proteinases elicits allergic responses through Toll-like receptor 4. Science,341(6147), 792–796.
13. Quansah, R., Jaakkola, M. S., Hugg, T. T., Heikkinen, S. A., & Jaakkola, J. J. (2012). Residential dampness and molds and the risk of developing asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One,7, e47526. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047526.
14. Reponen, T., Lockey, J., Bernstein, D. I., Vesper, S. J., Levin, L., Khurana Hershey, G. K., et al. (2012). Infant origins of childhood asthma associated with specific molds. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,130(639–644), e635.
15. Reponen, T., Vesper, S., Levin, L., Johansson, E., Ryan, P., Burkle, J., et al. (2011). High environmental relative moldiness index during infancy as a predictor of asthma at 7 years of age. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology,107, 120–126.
16. Vesper, S. (2011). Traditional mould analysis compared to a DNA-based method of mould analysis. Critical Reviews in Microbiology,37, 15–24.
17. Vesper, S., McKinstry, C., Haugland, R. A., Wymer, L., Ashley, P., Cox, D., et al. (2007). Development of an Environmental Relative Moldiness Index for US homes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,49, 829–833.
18. Watanabe, T. (2002). Pictorial atlas of soil and seed fungi: Morphologies of cultured fungi and key to species (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC.
19. WHO Europe (World Health Organization Europe). (2009). WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: Dampness and mould. Copenhagen: WHO.
20. Yap, J., Toh, Z. A., Goh, V., Ng, L. C., & Vesper, S. (2009). Assessment of mold concentrations in Singapore shopping centers using mold-specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR) analysis. Indian Journal of Microbiology,49, 290–293.