2016
Indoor microbial communities: Influence on asthma severity in atopic and nonatopic children
Dannemiller KC, Gent JF, Leaderer BP, Peccia J. Indoor microbial communities: Influence on asthma severity in atopic and nonatopic children. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2016, 138: 76-83.e1. PMID: 26851966, PMCID: PMC5357886, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsthma severityAtopic statusAtopic childrenNonatopic childrenLogistic regressionMicrobial exposureChildhood asthma severityCohort of childrenAsthmatic childrenAllergenic fungal speciesTotal fungal concentrationsSeverityHouse dustCryptococcus speciesExposure metricsChildrenT-testCohortQuantitative PCRFungal concentrationsAssociationExposureNext-generation DNA sequencingStatusRegression
1999
Comparisons of seasonal fungal prevalence in indoor and outdoor air and in house dusts of dwellings in one Northeast American county1
REN P, JANKUN T, LEADERER B. Comparisons of seasonal fungal prevalence in indoor and outdoor air and in house dusts of dwellings in one Northeast American county1. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 1999, 9: 560-568. PMID: 10638841, DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHouse dust samplesSignificant differencesAdverse health effectsHealth effectsDust samplesHouse dustTypes of fungiConnecticut areaExposure assessmentBurkard portable air samplerIndoor air samplesSignificant changesFungal exposure assessmentNew HavenIndoor airMold concentrationsOutdoor airAllergyFungal prevalencePrevalence