Relationship between airborne fungal allergens and meteorological factors in Manisa City, Turkey
Abstract
In this study, the effect of relative humidity, temperature, and wind on airborne fungal allergens in the 11 different districts of Manisa City was investigated from January 2004 to December 2005. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey to get to know the relation between wind, temperature, and relative humidity and population of allergenic fungal spores in the atmosphere. A total of 792 samples were observed by using the Merck MAS100 air sampler and 12,988 fungal colonies were counted. Fourteen fungal genera could be determined; Cladosporium that was generally found as the predominant genus followed by Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Alternaria. During the entire study, seasonal variation was found to be related to atmospheric conditions especially. The optimal conditions of meteorological factors for the fungi growth resulted in the increased number of mycoflora, qualitatively and quantitatively. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Keywords
Air Microbiology , Allergens , Environmental Monitoring , Fungi , Turkey , Weather , Manisa , Turkey , Alternaria , Aspergillus , Cladosporium , Fungi , Penicillium , Allergies , Antigens , Atmospheric humidity , Fungi , Moisture , allergen , Air samplers , Atmosphere , Atmospheric conditions , Cladosporium , Fungal allergy , Fungal colonies , Fungal genera , Fungal spores , Meteorological factors , Optimal conditions , Relative humidities , Seasonal variation , air temperature , antigen , fungus , relative humidity , seasonal variation , wind , air pollution , air sampling , Alternaria , article , Aspergillus , atmosphere , Cladosporium , fungus growth , fungus spore , humidity , meteorological phenomena , nonhuman , Penicillium , seasonal variation , temperature , Turkey (republic) , wind , Atmospheric temperature