Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology

Segula Masaphy

Publications

• Review Article
  Targeted Inspection of Environmental Mycological Load for Mitigation of Indoor Mold toward Improved Public Health
  Author(s): Segula Masaphy and Rinat EzrSegula Masaphy and Rinat Ezr
  
  Fungi and their toxic metabolites have been pinpointed as possible causes of sick building syndrome, an illness associated with poor indoor ventilation. Certain risk groups, such as hospitalized patients, the elderly and young children, tend to be more susceptible. Substantial effort has been devoted to establishing optimal fungal monitoring techniques and identification protocols. This overview screens the available monitoring and identification methods which may provide qualitative or quantitative information about the presence of particular fungi or their secondary metabolites/ mycotoxins and evaluation of their effect on the potential improvement in the associated health symptomology and the establishment of the pathophysiological mechanism involved in this process. Certain target locations, where mycological contamination is more likely to occur and certain risk groups that are i.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-5948.1000324

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