ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2007
Atmospheric movement of microorganisms in clouds of desert dust and implications for human health.
Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03503812 (Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches), which is not on this map. Cited by 168 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches: Assessment of Health Outcomes in Children With Asthma and in Adults With Atrial Fibrillation During Desert Dust Storms (With vs Without Interventions)
Who cites it
168 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Infectious Diseases Associated with Desert Dust Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM₁₀ Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Pooled it
- Desert dust impacts on human health: an alarming worldwide reality and a need for studies in West Africa.International journal of biometeorology · 2013Pooled it
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- Core microbiomes as a potential fingerprinting method of Western USA dust sources.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Pathogens on fire: a scoping review of smoke-borne pathogen ecology in the One Health framework.PeerJ · 2026Article
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- The prolonged devastation of climate change on public health in Somalia: a silent crisis.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Review
- Desert Sand and Dust Storms and Desert Dust Episodes: Major Patterns to be Accounted for to Protect the Health of Exposed Population: A Review.ACS ES&T air · 2025Review
- Non-carcinogenic health risks assessment of bioaerosolsMethodsX · 2025Article
- Measurement and Evaluation of Dust Concentrations in the Air After the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake in Turkey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Impact of Saharan Dust andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Experimental evidence on the impact of climate-induced hydrological and thermal variations on glacier-fed stream biofilms.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Billions of tons of desert dust move through the atmosphere each year. The primary source regions, which include the Sahara and Sahel regions of North Africa and the Gobi and Takla Makan regions of Asia, are capable of dispersing significant quantities of desert dust across the traditionally viewed oceanic barriers. While a considerable amount of research by scientists has addressed atmospheric pathways and aerosol chemistry, very few studies to determine the numbers and types of microorganisms transported within these desert dust clouds and the roles that they may play in human health have been conducted. This review is a summary of the current state of knowledge of desert dust microbiology and the health impact that desert dust and its microbial constituents may have in downwind environments both close to and far from their sources.
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