Indoor Mold, Toxigenic Fungi, and Stachybotrys chartarum : Infectious Disease Perspective
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Indoor mold, toxigenic fungi, and Stachybotrys chartarum: infectious disease perspective.
Damp buildings often have a moldy smell or obvious mold growth; some molds are human pathogens. This has caused concern regarding health effects of moldy indoor environments and has resulted in many studies of moisture- and mold-damaged buildings. Recently, there have been reports of severe illness as a result of indoor mold exposure, particularly due to Stachybotrys chartarum. While many autho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.16.1.144-172.2003