Rhinitis, ocular, throat and dermal symptoms, headache and tiredness among students in schools from Johor Bahru, Malaysia: associations with fungal DNA and mycotoxins in classroom dust

• Main Authors: Norback, Dan, Hashim, Jamal Hisham, Cai, Gui Hong, Hashim, Zailina, Ali, Faridah, Bloom, Erica, Larsson, Lennart
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22309/1/journal.pone.0147996.PDF; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22309/

There are few studies on rhinitis and sick building syndrome (SBS) among students in tropical countries. We studied associations between levels of five fungal DNA sequences, two mycotoxins (sterigmatocystin and verrucarol) and cat allergen (Fel d 1) levels in schools and rhinitis and other weekly SB...