Exposure to microbiological agents in indoor and occupational environments. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carla Viegas, Susana Viegas, Anita Gomes, Martin Täubel, Raquel Sabino, editors.
• Editors: Viegas, Carla Sofia Costa; Viegas, Susana; Gomes, Anita; Täubel, Martin; Sabino, Raquel
• Contents: ""Foreword""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: Indoor Exposure to Microorganisms with Emphasis on Occupational Environments""; ""1 Occupational Fungal Exposure in the United States""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens""; ""1.2.1 Histoplasmosis""; ""1.2.2 Blastomycosis""; ""1.2.3 Coccidioidomycosis""; ""1.3 Subcutaneous Fungal Infections""; ""1.4 Cutaneous Fungal Infections""; ""1.5 Other Occupational Fungal Hazards""; ""1.6 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""2 Bacteria in Indoor and Occupational Settings""; ""2.1 Introduction to Prokaryotes"" ""2.1.1 Intro""""2.1.2 Archaea""; ""2.1.3 Physical Properties of Bacteria""; ""2.1.4 Bacterial Taxonomy""; ""2.1.5 Intro to Environmental and Occupational Exposures""; ""2.2 Methods to Discover, Analyze, and Enumerate Bacteria""; ""2.3 Environmental Exposures""; ""2.3.1 Diversity of Bacterial Exposures in the Indoor Environment""; ""2.3.2 Exposure to Bacterial Products and Metabolites""; ""2.3.3 Legionella""; ""2.4 Occupational Exposures""; ""2.4.1 Endotoxin Exposures in Various Occupations"" ""2.4.2 Risks Associated with Bacterial Exposure in Meat, Agricultural, and Food Service Industries""""2.4.3 Wastewater as a Source of Occupational Bacterial Exposure""; ""2.4.4 Bacterial Exposures in Healthcare Settings""; ""2.4.5 Laboratory-Acquired Infections""; ""2.5 Future Considerations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""3 Characterization of Viral Exposures in United States Occupational Environments""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.1.1 Structure of Viral Capsids""; ""3.2 Classification of Viruses""; ""3.3 Infection and Effects on Host Cell""; ""3.3.1 Host Diversity"" ""3.4 Viral Transmission Routes""""3.5 Viral Exposures in Occupational Settings""; ""3.5.1 Viral Hepatitis""; ""3.5.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus""; ""3.5.3 Adenoviruses""; ""3.5.4 Influenza""; ""3.5.5 Ebola""; ""3.5.6 Norovirus""; ""3.5.7 Zika Virus""; ""3.5.8 Other Potential Occupational Viral Exposures""; ""3.6 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Part II: Sampling and Analysis Approaches in Indoor Microbial Assessments""; ""4 Sampling for Microbial Determinations""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 General Principles of Microbial Sampling for Exposure Assessment"" ""4.3 Methods for Air Sampling of Microorganisms""""4.4 Considerations for Air Sampling of Microorganisms""; ""4.5 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""5 Analyses Approaches for Bacteria""; ""5.1 Environmental Exposure to Bacteria""; ""5.2 Main Sources of Bacterial Aerosols in Built Environment""; ""5.2.1 Environmental Sampling""; ""5.2.2 Sampling""; ""5.3 Bacterial Analysis Methods""; ""5.3.1 Culture-Dependent Bacterial Analysis""; ""5.3.1.1 Cell Wall Markers Analysis""; ""5.3.2 Environmental Culture-Independent Bacterial Analysis""; ""5.3.2.1 Mass Spectrometry""
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 579/.165; Life sciences; Medical microbiology; Microbial contamination; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology; Medical microbiology; Microbial contamination; Environmental Microbiology; Medical -- Microbiology; Medical -- Public Health; Medical -- Occupational & Industrial Medicine; Medical microbiology & virology; Public health & preventive medicine; Occupational medicine; Microbiology; Medical virology; Medicine, Industrial; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Microbiology (non-medical); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319616889; 3319616889
• Related ISBNs: 9783319616865; 3319616862
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 17, 2017).
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