Seasonal variation of the dominant allergenic fungal aerosols - One year study from southern Indian region.

ABSTRACT: Quantitative estimations of fungal aerosols are important to understand their role in causing respiratory diseases to humans especially in the developing and highly populated countries. In this study we sampled and quantified the three most dominantly found allergenic airborne fungi, Aspergillus fumigatus, Cladosporium cladosporioides, and Alternaria alternata from ambient PM₁₀ samples using the quantitative PCR (qPCR) technique in a southern tropical Indian region, for one full year. Highest concentrations of A. fumigatus and C. cladosporioides were observed during monsoon whereas A. alternata displayed an elevated concentration in winter. The meteorological parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and precipitation exhibited a substantial influence on the

SUBMITTER: Priyamvada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5593913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature