ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Germaphobia! Does Our Relationship With and Knowledge of Biodiversity Affect Our Attitudes Toward Microbes?
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Biological, Psychosocial, and Microbial Determinants of Childhood-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Natural vs. genetically engineered microbiomes: understanding public attitudes for indoor applications and pathways for future engagement.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Article
- The Bicocca sampling days model: a participatory citizen science approach to environmental microbiome research and education.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Public perceptions and support for introduced microbes to combat hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance.PloS one · 2025Article
- The climate change-pollution-aerobiome nexus: A 'systems thinking' mini-review.Microbial biotechnology · 2024Review
- Microbes and us: microbiology literacy in Greece.FEMS microbiology letters · 2024Article
- Examination of public perceptions of microbes and microbiomes in the United States reveals insights for science communication.PloS one · 2024Article
- Bridging the gap with bacterial art.FEMS microbiology letters · 2023Article
- Exiting the Anthropocene: Achieving personal and planetary health in the 21st century.Allergy · 2022Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Germaphobia - a pathological aversion to microorganisms - could be contributing to an explosion in human immune-related disorders
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