The role of occupational Aspergillus exposure in the development of diseases
| Autor: | Cristina Veríssimo, David A. Stevens, Karl V. Clemons, Malcolm Richardson, Raquel Sabino, João Brandão, Carla Viegas, Magna Alves-Correia, Susana Viegas, Luís Miguel Borrego |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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fungal occupational exposure
Fungal occupational exposure Exposição Ocupacional Resistance Indoor exposure Fungus Biology Work related Agentes Microbianos e Ambiente 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Project nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016) Occupational Exposure Environmental health Aspergillus-associated diseases Aspergillosis Humans Mycotoxin Organism 030304 developmental biology Exposure assessment Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses Ecological niche 0303 health sciences Aspergillus 030306 microbiology Host (biology) Fungi Environmental Exposure General Medicine Occupational exposure biology.organism_classification Aspergillus spp Infectious Diseases chemistry Fungal Exposure |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Sabino, R, Verissímo, C, Viegas, C, Viegas, S, Brandão, J, Alves-Correia, M, Borrego, L-M, Clemons, K V, Stevens, D A & Richardson, M 2019, ' The role of occupational Aspergillus exposure in the development of diseases ', Medical Mycology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. s196-s205 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myy090 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2709 1369-3786 |
| Popis: | C The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com Aspergillus spp. have a high nutritional versatility and good growth on a large variety of construction materials. They also colonize soil or food, but decaying vegetation is their primary ecological niche. Therefore, exposure to fungi may occur at home, during hospitalization, during specific leisure activities, or at the workplace. The development of Aspergillus infections depends on the interplay between host susceptibility and the organism. Environments with high counts of fungal elements (conidia, hyphal fragments and others), high levels of bioarerosols, and elevated concentrations of mycotoxins or other volatile organic compounds should be considered as potential hazards, since they may present a risk to the exposed person. Rural tasks as well as work related to wood and food industries, poultries, swineries, waste handling plants, and other occupational environments involving contaminated organic material are among the ones posing higher respiratory risks to the workers. This paper presents a review of several studies related to occupational and indoor exposure to Aspergillus, potential health effects related to that exposure, and associated exposure assessment procedures. |
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