ArticlePloS one2022
Comprehensive health risk assessment of microbial indoor air quality in microenvironments.
Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Sociospatial analysis of indoor bioaerosol variation across diverse residential zones in Jodhpur.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Indoor airborne dust in veterinary facilities as a reservoir of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Microbial contamination in the indoor environment of Arabian Gulf: a review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Indoor air pollution due to bacterial bioaerosols in beauty salons of Ardabil, Iran: characterization, influencing factors and health risk assessment.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2025Article
- Microbial indoor air pollution in Delhi Metropolitan City is attributable to severe respiratory and general health effects among residents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Study on the Effectiveness of a Copper Electrostatic Filtration System "Aerok 1.0" for Air Disinfection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Metabarcode insights into the airborne fungal diversity in the indoor and outdoor environments in archives from Yunnan, Southwestern China.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Article
- Association of exposure to indoor molds and dampness with allergic diseases at water-damaged dwellings in Korea.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Unveiling microbial dynamics: a review of health and immune enhancement in school settings.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2024Review
- Moisture damage and fungal contamination in buildings are a massive health threat - a surgeon's perspective.Central European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Assessment of microbial contamination in laser materials processing laboratories used for prototyping of biomedical devices.Access microbiology · 2023Article
- A comprehensive review of microbial contamination in the indoor environment: sources, sampling, health risks, and mitigation strategies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Assessment of indoor air quality and their inter-association in hospitals of northern India-a cross-sectional study.Air quality, atmosphere, & health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The higher airborne microbial concentration in indoor areas might be responsible for the adverse indoor air quality, which relates well with poor respiratory and general health effects in the form of Sick building syndromes. The current study aimed to isolate and characterize the seasonal (winter and spring) levels of culturable bio-aerosols from indoor air, implicating human health by using an epidemiological health survey. Microorganisms were identified by standard macro and microbiological methods, followed by biochemical testing and molecular techniques. Sampling results revealed the bacterial and fungal aerosol concentrations ranging between (300-3650 CFU/m3) and (300-4150 CFU/m3) respectively, in different microenvironments during the winter season (December-February). However, in spring (March-May), bacterial and fungal aerosol concentrations were monitored, ranging between (450-5150 CFU/m3) and (350-5070 CFU/m3) respectively. Interestingly, Aspergillus and Cladosporium were the majorly recorded fungi whereas, Staphylococcus, Streptobacillus, and Micrococcus found predominant bacterial genera among all the sites. Taken together, the elevated levels of bioaerosols are the foremost risk factor that can lead to various respiratory and general health issues in additional analysis, the questionnaire survey indicated the headache (28%) and allergy (20%) were significant indoor health concerns. This type of approach will serve as a foundation for assisting residents in taking preventative measures to avoid exposure to dangerous bioaerosols.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.