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ArticleNPJ clean air2026

Passive sampling reveals composition of airborne bacteria and fungi across five East African cities.

Egide Kalisa, Tom Harner, Andrew Sudmant, Matthew Adams, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Yves Ujeneza, Franck Kwabe, Kevin Lee, Stephen Pointing, Antoine Nsabimana and 3 more

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Egide KalisaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON Canada.
Tom HarnerAir Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON Canada.
Andrew SudmantEdinburgh Climate Change Institute, Edinburgh University, High School Yards, Edinburgh, UK.
Matthew AdamsDepartment of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON Canada.
Francisco Olea-PopelkaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON Canada.
Yves UjenezaHumekaNeza, Kigali, Rwanda.
Franck KwabeDepartment of Geography and Environmental Management, Institute Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Republic of Congo.
Kevin LeeSchool of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Stephen PointingDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Antoine NsabimanaDepartment of Biology, School of Science, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Theoneste NtakirutimanaSchool of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Amandeep SainiAir Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON Canada.
Jacob MastinAir Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airborne microbes significantly influence environmental processes and human exposure, yet they remain poorly characterized in Africa. This study presents a regional survey of airborne bacterial and fungal communities across 10 sites in five East African countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Polyurethane foam passive air samplers (PUF-PASs) were deployed concurrently, and airborne bacterial and fungal communities were characterized using 16S rRNA gene and ITS amplicon sequencing. Genus-level analyses identified both bacterial taxa (

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