Airborne bioaerosols and their impact on human health

KH Kim, E Kabir, SA Jahan - Journal of Environmental sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioaerosols consist of aerosols originated biologically such as metabolites, toxins, or
fragments of microorganisms that are present ubiquitously in the environment. International …

Bioaerosols: characterization, pathways, sampling strategies, and challenges to geo-environment and health

ARK Gollakota, S Gautam, M Santosh, HA Sudan… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial toxins pose a significant threat to the natural environment and all forms of life on
planet earth. These biological organisms, such as enzymes, viruses or fragments wreak …

Bioaerosol sampling: Classical approaches, advances, and perspectives

G Mainelis - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Bioaerosol sampling is an essential and integral part of any bioaerosol investigation. Since
bioaerosols are very diverse in terms of their sizes, species, biological properties, and …

A review on recent progress in observations, and health effects of bioaerosols

C Humbal, S Gautam, U Trivedi - Environment International, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioaerosol is a particulate mixture of solid and semi-solid matter combined with biotic matter
like pollens, microbes and their fragments. The present review stresses on a cumulative …

Inactivation of virus-containing aerosols by ultraviolet germicidal irradiation

CC Tseng, CS Li - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing incidence of infectious diseases has prompted the application of Ultraviolet
Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) for the inactivation of viruses. This study evaluates UVGI …

Assessment of airborne bacteria and noroviruses in air emission from a new highly-advanced hospital wastewater treatment plant

K Uhrbrand, AC Schultz, AJ Koivisto, U Nielsen… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Exposure to bioaerosols can pose a health risk to workers at wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) and to habitants of their surroundings. The main objective of this study was to …

Monitoring airborne fungal spores in an experimental indoor environment to evaluate sampling methods and the effects of human activity on air sampling

MP Buttner, LD Stetzenbach - Applied and environmental …, 1993 - journals.asm.org
Aerobiological monitoring was conducted in an experimental room to aid in the development
of standardized sampling protocols for airborne microorganisms in the indoor environment …

Effect of aerosolization on culturability and viability of gram-negative bacteria

JF Heidelberg, M Shahamat, M Levin… - Applied and …, 1997 - journals.asm.org
Estimations of the bacterial content of air can be more easily made now than a decade ago,
with colony formation the method of choice for enumeration of airborne bacteria. However …

Airborne microorganisms from livestock production systems and their relation to dust

Y Zhao, AJA Aarnink, MCM De Jong… - Critical Reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Large amounts of airborne microorganisms are emitted from livestock production. These
emitted microorganisms may associate with dust, and are suspected to pose a risk of …

Effect of sampling time and air humidity on the bioefficiency of filter samplers for bioaerosol collection

Z Wang, T Reponen, SA Grinshpun, RL Górny… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2001 - Elsevier
The effect of sampling time on the biological collection efficiency of viable airborne
microorganisms was studied with two personal filter samplers (the Button Inhalable Aerosol …