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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 382, Issue 1, Pages 130-134Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.031
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mold; indoor air; outdoor air; mold specific quantitative PCR
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [R01 ES011170, R01 ES11170, R01 ES011170-05S1] Funding Source: Medline
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Mold specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR) was used to measure the concentrations of the 36 mold species in indoor and outdoor air samples that were taken simultaneously for 48 h in and around 17 homes in Cincinnati, Ohio. The total spore concentrations of 353 per m(3) of indoor air and 827 per m(3) of outdoor air samples were significantly different (p <= 0.05). However, only the concentrations of Aspergillus penicillioides, Cladosporium cladosporioides types 1 and 2 and Cladosporium herbarum were correlated in indoor and outdoor air samples (p-value <= 0.05 and sufficient data for estimate and absolute value rho estimate >= 0.5). These results suggest that interpretation of the meaning of short-term (<48 h) mold measurements in indoor and outdoor air samples must be made with caution. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All fights reserved.
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