Fungal diversity in five dairy farms

While bioaerosols are a major concern for public health, accurately assessing human exposure is challenging. Highly contaminated environments, such as agricultural facilities, contain a broad diversity of aerosolized fungi that may impact human health. Effective bioaerosol monitoring is increasingly recognized as a strategic approach for achieving occupational exposure description. Workers exposure to diverse fungal communities is certain, as fungi are ubiquitous in the environments and the presence of potential sources increase their presence in the air. Applying new molecular approaches to describe occupational exposure is a necessary work around the traditional culture approaches and the biases they introduce to such studies. The importance of the newly developed approach can help to prevent worker’s health problems.