Bioaerosols Book 2012,

Table of Content:

 

Introduction and Overview 9
Conference Rational, Goals and Learning objectives 11
Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health 17
David A. Butler

 

Part I: Health Effects – Epidemiological Research

 

001 NIOSH Field Studies on Dampness and Mold and Related Health Effects 23
Jean M. Cox-Ganser

 

002 How to find, how to manage? Developing guidelines for mold problems through research. 30
Aino Nevalainen, Martin Täubel, Helena Rintala and Anne Hyvärinen

 

003 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 37
E. Neil Schachter

 

004 Health Complaints, Lung Function, and Immunologic Effects in German Compost Workers from Long-term Exposures to Bioaerosols 46
Jürgen Bünger, Anja Deckert, Frank Hoffmeyer, Dirk Taeger, Thomas Brüning, Monika Raulf-Heimsoth, Vera van Kampen

 

005 Airborne workplace exposure to microbial metabolites in waste recycling plants 52
Stefan Mayer, Vinay Vishwanath, Michael Sulyok

 

006 Respiratory Health and Flood Restoration Work in the Post-Katrina Environment 61
Roy J. Rando, John J. Lefante, Laurie M. Freyder, Robert N. Jones

 

007 Mold species identified in flooded dwellings 68
Denis Charpin

 

008 Attributable fractions of risk factors of respiratory diseases among children in Montreal, Canada 73
Louis Jacques, Céline Plante, Sophie Goudreau, Leylâ Deger, Michel Fournier, Audrey Smargiassi, Stéphane Perron, Robert L. Thivierge

 

009 Fungi and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS): Cause and effect 89
E B Kern, J U Ponikau, D A Sherris and H Kita

 

010 Rhinosinusitis and mold as risk factors for asthma symptoms in occupants of a water-damaged building 101
Ju-Hyeong Park

 

011 Conclusions on health implications of airborne molds: Analysis of airborne molds in 11 contaminated houses using a new method of evaluation 108
Urban Palmgren, Judith Müller

 

012 Observational Epidemiology and Water Damaged Buildings 118
Joseph Q. Jarvis, and Philip R. Morey

 

013 Molds and Mycotoxins: Factors That Affect Exposure and Contribute to Adverse Health Effects 125
Karin K. Foarde, Timothy Dean, Doris Betancourt, Jean Kim, Anthony Devine, Grace Byfield, and Marc Menetrez

 

Part II: Assessment & Remediation

 

015 Associations between ventilation and mycological parameters in homes of children with respiratory problems 148
Hans Schleibinger, Daniel Aubin, Doyun Won, Wenping Yang, Denis Gauvin, Pierre Lajoie

 

016 The Penetration of Mold Into Fibrous HVAC Insulation Makes Cleaning Impossible 156
Thomas G. Rand and Phil Morey

 

017 Past, Presence and Future of Immunoassays for Mycotoxin Testing 163
Erwin Maertlbauer

 

018 Health risks of surface disinfection in households with special consideration on quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) 174
Axel Kramer, Harald Below and Ojan Assadian

 

019 Toxicity study of field samples from water damaged houses in flooded areas in Poland 185
Magdalena Twarużek, Jan Grajewski, Manfred Gareis

 

020 Mycotoxin screening of indoor environments in sentinel health
investigations 195
Eckardt Johanning, Manfred Gareis.

 

021 A Comparison of two Sampling Media (MEA and DG18) for Environmental Viable Molds 201
Sirkku Häkkilä

 

022 Evaluation strategy in damp buildings and use of infrared thermography 207
Yves Frenette

 

023 Prevalence of mold observations in European housing stock 215
Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy

 

024 Indoor Molds and Respiratory Hypersensitivity: A Comparison of Selected Molds and House Dust Mite Induced Responses in a Mouse Model 222
Marsha D W Ward, Yong Joo Chung, Lisa B Copeland, Don Doerfler and Stephen Vesper

 

025 What does the development of fungal systematics mean to DNA-based methods for indoor mold investigations? 236
De-Wei Li and Chin S. Yang

 

026 Case study: Determination of moisture damages on items of art in exhibitions by the use of microbial analysis 246
Judith Mueller and Urban Palmgren

 

027 Investigation of effectiveness of mold disinfectants and chemicals on total cell numbers of mold on building materials 253
Judith Mueller and Urban Palmgren

 

028 Microbiological characterization of aerosols isolated from remote lakes in the Chilean Patagonia 259
Escalante G, León C, Campos V, Urrutia R and Mondaca MA.

 

029 Use of Culture and PCR Analysis in Mold Assessments 263
Philip R. Morey

 

030 Factors promoting the exposure to bioaerosols among swiss crop workers 270
Hélène Niculita-Hirzel and Anne Oppliger

 

031 The investigation of mold occurrence inside selected Durban homes 280
Nkala BA, Jafta N and Gqaleni N

 

032 Conserving our cultural heritage: the role of fungi in biodeterioration 293
Hanna Szczepanowska and A. Ralph Cavaliere

 

Part III: Prevention / Public Health

 

033 Risk and Hazard Assessment of Molds Growing Indoors 311
Harriet M. Ammann

 

034 Recommendations for detection and remediation of mold growth in indoor environments in Germany 328
Christiane Baschien, Heinz-Jörn Moriske, Kerstin Becker, Marike Kolossa-Gehring and Regine Szewzyk

 

035 Indoor water and mold damage - investigation and decontamination practices in Germany 336
Wolfgang Lorenz

 

036 Update of Canadian and International Mold Guidelines and Standards 347
Donald M. Weekes

 

037 Defining “Clean” in terms of the unseen fraction: A Representative Marker in Schools 359
Richard Shaughnessy, Eugene C. Cole, Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy

 

038 Effective risk communication concerning environmental change with communities and patients exposed to excessive indoor moisture or mold 363
Paula Schenck and Robert DeBernardo

 

039 Critical Issues in Art Conservation After A Water Intrusion Event: Pitfalls of The Emergency Response 372
Karen H. Kahn

 

Index
Index: Fungi and Bacteria
Index
Authors