ArticleThe Science of the total environment2010
Visually observed mold and moldy odor versus quantitatively measured microbial exposure in homes.
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- Indoor Bacterial and Fungal Burden in "Moldy" versus "Non-Moldy" Homes: A Case Study Employing Advanced Sequencing Techniques in a US Metropolitan Area.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Does evidence support measuring spore counts to identify dampness or mold in buildings? A literature review.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022Review
- Fungal Signature of Moisture Damage in Buildings: Identification by Targeted and Untargeted Approaches with Mycobiome Data.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2020Article
- Quantitative and semiquantitative estimates of mold exposure in infancy and childhood respiratory health.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2020Article
- Fungal Contaminants in Energy Efficient Dwellings: Impact of Ventilation Type and Level of Urbanization.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Indoor mold odor in the workplace increases the risk of Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome: a population-based incident case-control study.Clinical and translational allergy · 2020Article
- The Myth of Mycotoxins and Mold Injury.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2019Review
- Exposure to Indoor Mouldy Odour Increases the Risk of Asthma in Older Adults Living in Social Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Quantitative assessment of microbes from samples of indoor air and dust.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Article
- Association between Four-Level Categorisation of Indoor Exposure and Perceived Indoor Air Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Indoor microbiota in severely moisture damaged homes and the impact of interventions.Microbiome · 2017Article
- SBS symptoms in relation to dampness and ventilation in inspected single-family houses in Sweden.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
- Clinical Diagnosis of the Dampness and Mold Hypersensitivity Syndrome: Review of the Literature and Suggested Diagnostic Criteria.Frontiers in immunology · 2017Review
- Fungal Exposure and Asthma: IgE and Non-IgE-Mediated Mechanisms.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2016Review
- Indoor Fungal Exposure and Allergic Respiratory Disease.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2015Review
- Association of Streptomyces community composition determined by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis with indoor mold status.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2014Article
- Fungal exposure, atopy, and asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2014Article
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- Exposure to Beta-(1,3)-D-glucan in house dust at age 7-10 is associated with airway hyperresponsiveness and atopic asthma by age 11-14.PloS one · 2014Article
- Stenotrophomonas, Mycobacterium, and Streptomyces in home dust and air: associations with moldiness and other home/family characteristics.Indoor air · 2013Article
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Abstract
The main study objective was to compare different methods for assessing mold exposure in conjunction with an epidemiologic study on the development of children's asthma. Homes of 184 children were assessed for mold by visual observations and dust sampling at child's age 1 (Year 1). Similar assessment supplemented with air sampling was conducted in Year 7. Samples were analyzed for endotoxin, (1-3)-β-D-glucan, and fungal spores. The Mold Specific Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction assay was used to analyze 36 mold species in dust samples, and the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) was calculated. Homes were categorized based on three criteria: 1) visible mold damage, 2) moldy odor, and 3) ERMI. Even for homes where families had not moved, Year 7 endotoxin and (1-3)-β-d-glucan exposures were significantly higher than those in Year 1 (p<0.001), whereas no difference was seen for ERMI (p=0.78). Microbial concentrations were not consistently associated with visible mold damage categories, but were consistently higher in homes with moldy odor and in homes that had high ERMI. Low correlations between results in air and dust samples indicate different types or durations of potential microbial exposures from dust vs. air. Future analysis will indicate which, if any, of the assessment methods is associated with the development of asthma.
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