[Mold allergy: 25 years of indoor and outdoor studies in Belgium]

Allerg Immunol (Paris). 2001 Feb;33(2):101-2.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Collecting atmospheric fungal spores in Brussels for 25 years revealed significant quantitative differences at three different levels: the total number of spores collected every year, the annual frequency rate of some species e.g. Cladosporium and Alternaria, the proliferation of some rare species according to weather conditions.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollution / adverse effects*
  • Air Pollution / statistics & numerical data
  • Alternaria / isolation & purification
  • Alternaria / physiology
  • Belgium / epidemiology
  • Cladosporium / isolation & purification
  • Cladosporium / physiology
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Meteorological Concepts
  • Mycotoxins / adverse effects
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity / epidemiology*
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity / etiology
  • Seasons
  • Spores, Fungal* / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Mycotoxins