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      <dc:title>Relationship of airborne fungal spores to epidemiological data on respiratory disease: a systematic review</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Jiménez Uribe, Dámaris A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Acevedo Barrios, Rosa</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Rubiano Labrador, Carolina</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Cariñanos González, Paloma</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Aerobiology Bioaerosols</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Fungal spores</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Health effects</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Exposure to fungal spores is associated &#xd;
with various types of respiratory health problems, &#xd;
and volumetric suction particle samplers have been &#xd;
used to estimate their concentrations in the atmos&#xd;
phere. This systematic review analyzes the sampling &#xd;
of fungal spores in outdoor air worldwide and its &#xd;
relationship to epidemiological data on respiratory &#xd;
disease. Ninety-four studies were identified that met &#xd;
the following inclusion criteria: They were original &#xd;
studies published in English or Spanish between 2010 &#xd;
and 2024, used active volumetric impact samplers, &#xd;
and identified the type of fungal spores in air. Most &#xd;
of the studies were conducted in Europe, with a dura&#xd;
tion of 1 to 2 years. The fungal taxa with the high&#xd;
est records were Alternaria sp. and Cladosporium sp. &#xd;
Only 13% of the studies correlated fungal spore con&#xd;
centrations with epidemiological variables; however, 77% of these studies concluded that there is a clear &#xd;
relationship between airborne fungal spore concentra&#xd;
tion and the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in &#xd;
the sensitized population. Therefore, this study pro&#xd;
vides an elaborate review of recent airborne fungal &#xd;
spore surveillance issues worldwide, attempting to &#xd;
include different perspectives of recent research on &#xd;
outdoor volumetric sampling, including epidemio&#xd;
logical analysis.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2026-02-27T10:14:08Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2026-02-27T10:14:08Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2026-01-20</dc:date>
      <dc:type>journal article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Jiménez-Uribe, D. A., Acevedo-Barrios, R., Rubiano-Labrador, C., &amp; Cariñanos, P. (2026). Relationship of airborne fungal spores to epidemiological data on respiratory disease: a systematic review. Aerobiologia, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-025-09890-w</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111668</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.1007/s10453-025-09890-w</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>open access</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 4.0 Internacional</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>Springer Nature</dc:publisher>
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