A Six-Year Airborne Fungal Spore Calendar for a City in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico: Implications for Human Health.

ABSTRACT: Fungal spore calendars for Mexico are non-existent. This research represents the first fungal spore concentration data in the atmosphere of Hermosillo, Mexico, a city in the Sonoran Desert with high rates of allergies and public health problems. We used standardized sampling techniques frequently used by aerobiologists, including a Burkard spore trap to monitor airborne fungal spores daily for 2016-2019 and 2022-2023. Results are expressed as daily fungal spore concentrations in air (spores/m³ air). The most common fungal outdoor spores corresponded to Cladosporium (44%), Ascospora (17%), Smut (14%), Alternaria (12%), and Diatrypaceae (7%) of the total 6-year data. High minimum temperatures produce an increase in the most important spores in the air (Clad

SUBMITTER: Ortega-Rosas CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11943160 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature