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ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2020

Building upon current knowledge and techniques of indoor microbiology to construct the next era of theory into microorganisms, health, and the built environment.

Patrick F Horve, Savanna Lloyd, Gwynne A Mhuireach, Leslie Dietz, Mark Fretz, Georgia MacCrone, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Suzanne L Ishaq

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Review in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Factors affecting biofilm formation by bacteria on fabrics.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024
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  10. The potential importance of the built-environment microbiome and its impact on human health.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  13. A review on factors related to patient comfort experience in hospitals.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Patrick F HorveBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Savanna LloydBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Gwynne A MhuireachBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Leslie DietzBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Mark FretzInstitute for Health and the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, 97209, USA.
Georgia MacCroneBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Kevin Van Den WymelenbergBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Suzanne L IshaqBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA. sueishaq@uoregon.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the constructed habitat in which we spend up to 90% of our time, architectural design influences occupants' behavioral patterns, interactions with objects, surfaces, rituals, the outside environment, and each other. Within this built environment, human behavior and building design contribute to the accrual and dispersal of microorganisms; it is a collection of fomites that transfer microorganisms; reservoirs that collect biomass; structures that induce human or air movement patterns; and space types that encourage proximity or isolation between humans whose personal microbial clouds disperse cells into buildings. There have been recent calls to incorporate building microbiology into occupant health and exposure research and standards, yet the built environment is largely viewed as a repository for microorganisms which are to be eliminated, instead of a habitat which is inexorably linked to the microbial influences of building inhabitants. Health sectors have re-evaluated the role of microorganisms in health, incorporating microorganisms into prevention and treatment protocols, yet no paradigm shift has occurred with respect to microbiology of the built environment, despite calls to do so. Technological and logistical constraints often preclude our ability to link health outcomes to indoor microbiology, yet sufficient study exists to inform the theory and implementation of the next era of research and intervention in the built environment. This review presents built environment characteristics in relation to human health and disease, explores some of the current experimental strategies and interventions which explore health in the built environment, and discusses an emerging model for fostering indoor microbiology rather than fearing it.

Indexed as

Air Pollution, IndoorBuilt EnvironmentMicrobiotaHumansBiomonitoringDermal exposureDiseaseEnvironmental monitoringEpidemiologyPersonal exposure

Identifiers

PMID31308484
PMCPMC7100162

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