@misc{10481/111668,
year = {2026},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111668},
abstract = {Exposure to fungal spores is associated 
with various types of respiratory health problems, 
and volumetric suction particle samplers have been 
used to estimate their concentrations in the atmos
phere. This systematic review analyzes the sampling 
of fungal spores in outdoor air worldwide and its 
relationship to epidemiological data on respiratory 
disease. Ninety-four studies were identified that met 
the following inclusion criteria: They were original 
studies published in English or Spanish between 2010 
and 2024, used active volumetric impact samplers, 
and identified the type of fungal spores in air. Most 
of the studies were conducted in Europe, with a dura
tion of 1 to 2 years. The fungal taxa with the high
est records were Alternaria sp. and Cladosporium sp. 
Only 13% of the studies correlated fungal spore con
centrations with epidemiological variables; however, 77% of these studies concluded that there is a clear 
relationship between airborne fungal spore concentra
tion and the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in 
the sensitized population. Therefore, this study pro
vides an elaborate review of recent airborne fungal 
spore surveillance issues worldwide, attempting to 
include different perspectives of recent research on 
outdoor volumetric sampling, including epidemio
logical analysis.},
organization = {Colombia Consortium -  (Open Access charge)},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
keywords = {Aerobiology Bioaerosols},
keywords = {Fungal spores},
keywords = {Health effects},
title = {Relationship of airborne fungal spores to epidemiological data on respiratory disease: a systematic review},
doi = {10.1007/s10453-025-09890-w},
author = {Jiménez Uribe, Dámaris A. and Acevedo Barrios, Rosa and Rubiano Labrador, Carolina and Cariñanos González, Paloma},
}