Airborne fungi in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Knowledge of anemophilous fungi in a given city or region is important for the ecological diagnosis and specific treatment of allergic manifestations induced by inhaled allergens. In order to diagnose the presence of anemophilous fungi, several qualitative and quantitative techniques are used depend...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:23e55aeb61954854b43c0093baff2917 2024-09-09T19:25:44+00:00 Airborne fungi in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Adelina MEZZARI Christiano PERIN Sidnei Alves SANTOS JÚNIOR Luiz Antonio Guerra BERND 2002-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/23e55aeb61954854b43c0093baff2917 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652002000500007&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/23e55aeb61954854b43c0093baff2917 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 44, Iss 5, Pp 269-272 (2002) Aeroallergens Airborne Anemophilous fungi Spores Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2002 ftdoajarticles 2024-08-05T17:49:31Z Knowledge of anemophilous fungi in a given city or region is important for the ecological diagnosis and specific treatment of allergic manifestations induced by inhaled allergens. In order to diagnose the presence of anemophilous fungi, several qualitative and quantitative techniques are used depending on the study place. This study of fungal air spores was performed with a Rotorod Sampler®, an equipment which samples the air through a plastic rod attached to an electric engine that makes it spin fast enough to collect the particles in the air. The samples were collected once a week during 24 hours using the standard cycle of the manufacturers. A total of 52 samples were obtained from April 2000 through March 2001. The results revealed prevalence of ascosporos (50.49%), Cladosporium (17.86%), Aspergillus/Penicillium (15.03%), basidiosporos (3.84%), rusts (3.82%), and Helminthosporium (2.49%), and a lesser frequency of Botrytis (1.22%), Alternaria (1.19%), smuts (0.90%), Curvularia (0.87%), Nigrospora (0.61%), and Fusarium (0.08%). Also, 1.59% of the spores detected here could not be identified by the systematic key used. More fungal spores were observed during the summer than during the autumn. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Knowledge of anemophilous fungi in a given city or region is important for the ecological diagnosis and specific treatment of allergic manifestations induced by inhaled allergens. In order to diagnose the presence of anemophilous fungi, several qualitative and quantitative techniques are used depending on the study place. This study of fungal air spores was performed with a Rotorod Sampler®, an equipment which samples the air through a plastic rod attached to an electric engine that makes it spin fast enough to collect the particles in the air. The samples were collected once a week during 24 hours using the standard cycle of the manufacturers. A total of 52 samples were obtained from April 2000 through March 2001. The results revealed prevalence of ascosporos (50.49%), Cladosporium (17.86%), Aspergillus/Penicillium (15.03%), basidiosporos (3.84%), rusts (3.82%), and Helminthosporium (2.49%), and a lesser frequency of Botrytis (1.22%), Alternaria (1.19%), smuts (0.90%), Curvularia (0.87%), Nigrospora (0.61%), and Fusarium (0.08%). Also, 1.59% of the spores detected here could not be identified by the systematic key used. More fungal spores were observed during the summer than during the autumn. |
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Adelina MEZZARI Christiano PERIN Sidnei Alves SANTOS JÚNIOR Luiz Antonio Guerra BERND |
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Airborne fungi in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
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Airborne fungi in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
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