ArticleAtmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994)2015
Non-culturable bioaerosols in indoor settings: Impact on health and molecular approaches for detection.
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- Indoor Particulate Matter in Urban Households: Sources, Pathways, Characteristics, Health Effects, and Exposure Mitigation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Research advances in microfluidic collection and detection of virus, bacterial, and fungal bioaerosols.Mikrochimica acta · 2024Review
- Environmental factors and particle size shape the community structure of airborne total and pathogenic bacteria in a university campus.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Environmental Stability and Transmissibility of Enveloped Viruses at Varied Animate and Inanimate Interfaces.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Review
- Fluorescence Methods for the Detection of Bioaerosols in Their Civil and Military Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Safe use of PHI6 IN the experimental studies.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses.Journal of hazardous materials · 2021Review
- Challenges and Perspectives for Biosensing of Bioaerosol Containing Pathogenic Microorganisms.Micromachines · 2021Review
- Assessment of hygienic conditions of recreational facility restrooms: an integrated approach.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Presence and variability of culturable bioaerosols in three multi-family apartment buildings with different ventilation systems in the Northeastern US.Indoor air · 2021Article
- The Study of the Sterilization of the Indoor Air in Hospital/Clinic Rooms by Using the Electron Wind Generator.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Investigating the effect of several factors on concentrations of bioaerosols in a well-ventilated hospital environment.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2019Article
- Bioaerosol biomonitoring: Sampling optimization for molecular microbial ecology.Molecular ecology resources · 2019Article
- Size, Composition, and Source Profiles of Inhalable Bioaerosols from Colorado Dairies.Environmental science & technology · 2017Article
- Galvanic microcells as control agent of indoor microorganisms.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Bioaerosol sampling: sampling mechanisms, bioefficiency and field studies.The Journal of hospital infection · 2016Review
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Abstract
Despite their significant impact on respiratory health, bioaerosols in indoor settings remain understudied and misunderstood. Culture techniques, predominantly used for bioaerosol characterisation in the past, allow for the recovery of only a small fraction of the real airborne microbial burden in indoor settings, given the inability of several microorganisms to grow on agar plates. However, with the development of new tools to detect non-culturable environmental microorganisms, the study of bioaerosols has advanced significantly. Most importantly, these techniques have revealed a more complex bioaerosol burden that also includes non-culturable microorganisms, such as archaea and viruses. Nevertheless, air quality specialists and consultants remain reluctant to adopt these new research-developed techniques, given that there are relatively few studies found in the literature, making it difficult to find a point of comparison. Furthermore, it is unclear as to how this new non-culturable data can be used to assess the impact of bioaerosol exposure on human health. This article reviews the literature that describes the non-culturable fraction of bioaerosols, focussing on bacteria, archaea and viruses, and examines its impact on bioaerosol-related diseases. It also outlines available molecular tools for the detection and quantification of these microorganisms and states various research needs in this field.
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