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- Title
Airborne cultivable microflora and microbial transfer in farm buildings and rural dwellings.
- Authors
Normand, Anne-Cécile; Sudre, Bertrand; Vacheyrou, Mallory; Depner, Martin; Wouters, Inge M; Noss, Ilka; Heederik, Dick; Hyvärinen, Anne; Genuneit, Jon; Braun-Fahrländer, Charlotte; von Mutius, Erika; Piarroux, Renaud; GABRIEL-A Study Group
- 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.
- Publication
Occupational and environmental medicine, 2011, Vol 68, Issue 11, p849
- ISSN
1470-7926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/oem.2010.061879