Airborne cultivable microflora and microbial transfer in farm buildings and rural dwellings

Normand, Anne-Cécile; Sudre, Bertrand; Vacheyrou, Mallory; Depner, Martin; Wouters, Inge M.; Noss, Ilka; Heederik, Dick; Hyvärinen, Anne; Genuneit, Jon; Braun-Fahrländer, Charlotte; Mutius, Erika von und Piarroux, Renaud (November 2011): Airborne cultivable microflora and microbial transfer in farm buildings and rural dwellings. In: Occupational and environmental medicine, Bd. 68, Nr. 11: S. 849-855

Abstract

Exposure to environments rich in microorganisms such as farms has been shown to protect against the development of childhood asthma and allergies. However, it remains unclear where, and how, farm and other rural children are exposed to microbes. Furthermore, the composition of the microbial flora is poorly characterised. We tested the hypothesis that farm children are exposed indoors to substantial levels of viable microbes originating from animal sheds and barns. We also expected that environmental microbial flora on farms and in farm homes would be more complex than in the homes of rural control children.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1470-7926
• Allianz-/Nationallizenz: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
• Sprache: Englisch