Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant

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Autor(a) principal: Viegas, Carla
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Sabino, Raquel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3220
Resumo: Fungal contamination in composting facilities has been associated with increased respiratory and skin pathologies among compost workers. In this study we aim to characterize the fungal contamination caused by Aspergillus genera within a totally indoor composting plant located in Portugal. Air samples of 50L were collected from 6 sampling sites through an impaction method. Surfaces samples were collected by swabbing the surfaces of the same indoor sites. Pre-treatment and waste screw were the sampling sites of the analyzed composting plant with the highest Aspergillus load in the air. Globally, the genus Aspergillus presented the highest prevalence both in the air from (90.6%), and surfaces from the same sampling sites (60.8%). The results obtained in this study claim the attention to the need of further research regarding the fungal contamination dur to Aspergillus genus in composting plants.
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spelling Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plantFungal contaminationAspergillus genusComposting plantFungal contamination in composting facilities has been associated with increased respiratory and skin pathologies among compost workers. In this study we aim to characterize the fungal contamination caused by Aspergillus genera within a totally indoor composting plant located in Portugal. Air samples of 50L were collected from 6 sampling sites through an impaction method. Surfaces samples were collected by swabbing the surfaces of the same indoor sites. Pre-treatment and waste screw were the sampling sites of the analyzed composting plant with the highest Aspergillus load in the air. Globally, the genus Aspergillus presented the highest prevalence both in the air from (90.6%), and surfaces from the same sampling sites (60.8%). The results obtained in this study claim the attention to the need of further research regarding the fungal contamination dur to Aspergillus genus in composting plants.RCIPLViegas, CarlaSabino, Raquel2014-02-19T15:02:19Z20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3220engViegas C, Sabino R. Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant. In Arezes PM, Batista JS, Barroso MP, Carneiro P, Cordeiro P, Costa N, et al, editors. SHO2014 – International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: proceedings book. p. 466-7.978-989-98203-2-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:43:33Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/3220Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:12:51.669373Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
spellingShingle Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
Viegas, Carla
Fungal contamination
Aspergillus genus
Composting plant
title_short Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
title_full Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
title_fullStr Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
title_full_unstemmed Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
title_sort Aspergillus genera fungal contamination in a Portuguese composting plant
author Viegas, Carla
author_facet Viegas, Carla
Sabino, Raquel
author_role author
author2 Sabino, Raquel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Viegas, Carla
Sabino, Raquel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fungal contamination
Aspergillus genus
Composting plant
topic Fungal contamination
Aspergillus genus
Composting plant
description Fungal contamination in composting facilities has been associated with increased respiratory and skin pathologies among compost workers. In this study we aim to characterize the fungal contamination caused by Aspergillus genera within a totally indoor composting plant located in Portugal. Air samples of 50L were collected from 6 sampling sites through an impaction method. Surfaces samples were collected by swabbing the surfaces of the same indoor sites. Pre-treatment and waste screw were the sampling sites of the analyzed composting plant with the highest Aspergillus load in the air. Globally, the genus Aspergillus presented the highest prevalence both in the air from (90.6%), and surfaces from the same sampling sites (60.8%). The results obtained in this study claim the attention to the need of further research regarding the fungal contamination dur to Aspergillus genus in composting plants.
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