TY - CONF
T1 - Life after death in graveyards
T2 - 17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2022
AU - Dias, Marta
AU - Cervantes, Renata
AU - Gomes, Bianca
AU - Caetano, Liliana Aranha
AU - Viegas, Carla
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, through the Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” (IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL) and supported by national funds through the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., (PhD Grant UI/BD/151431/2021). H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge the FCT/MCTES national support through the UIDB/05608/2020 and UIDP/05608/2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2022. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - There is not much information available regarding graveyards occupational environment. Nevertheless, it is well known that Aspergillus species can be found in a variety of indoor situations. This study aimed to characterize Aspergillus sections distribution in three Graveyards to obtain an accurate occupational exposure assessment. The results were obtained from 18 Electrostatic dust cloths - EDC, 2 settled dust samples, 18 settled dust filters and 18 surface swabs. Fungal contamination was characterized by culture-based methods, through the inoculation onto selective culture media, along with supplemented media for azole resistance screening. Aspergillus sp., was one of the most prevalent species in DG18 (24.8%). Aspergillus sp. was not identified in azoles-supplement media. Overall, Aspergillus sections were widespread in this occupational environment raising questions about the risks that these workers are exposed, due to their toxicological potential and clinical relevance.
AB - There is not much information available regarding graveyards occupational environment. Nevertheless, it is well known that Aspergillus species can be found in a variety of indoor situations. This study aimed to characterize Aspergillus sections distribution in three Graveyards to obtain an accurate occupational exposure assessment. The results were obtained from 18 Electrostatic dust cloths - EDC, 2 settled dust samples, 18 settled dust filters and 18 surface swabs. Fungal contamination was characterized by culture-based methods, through the inoculation onto selective culture media, along with supplemented media for azole resistance screening. Aspergillus sp., was one of the most prevalent species in DG18 (24.8%). Aspergillus sp. was not identified in azoles-supplement media. Overall, Aspergillus sections were widespread in this occupational environment raising questions about the risks that these workers are exposed, due to their toxicological potential and clinical relevance.
KW - Aspergillus section Fumigati
KW - Aspergillus sp
KW - Graveyards
KW - Occupational Exposure
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M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85159216232
Y2 - 12 June 2022 through 16 June 2022
ER -