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Microbiological characterization of 3193 French dwellings of Elfe cohort children

Rocchi, S.
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Reboux, G.
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Frossard, V.
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2015
Science of The Total Environment

Although exposure to indoor microorganisms in early life has already been associated with respiratory illness or allergy protection, only a few studies have performed standardized samplings and specific microbial analysis. Moreover, most do not target the different groups of microorganisms involved in respiratory diseases (fungi, bacteria, dust mites). In our study, ten specific qPCR targets (6 fungal species, 1 family and 2 genera of bacteria, 1 house dust mite) were used to analyze the microorganism composition of electrostatic dust fall collector (EDC) from 3193 dwellings of the Elfe French cohort study. Multivariate analyses allowed us to show that the microbial composition of dwellings, assessed with simultaneous analysis of 10 microorganisms, can be characterized by four entities: three bacteria, house dust mite Dermatophagoïdes pteronyssinus, fungi Alternaria alternata, and five other molds. Some dwellings' intrinsic characteristics (occupational ratio, type of dwelling and presence of pets) clearly influence microorganism distribution, and six different profiles of dwellings, characterized by their composition in microorganisms, have been described across France. The use of these clusters seems promising in the evaluation of allergic risk. Allergic respiratory diseases will develop in the near future in some children of the Elfe cohort and will indicate to what extent our approach can be predictive of respiratory disease.

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DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.086
Author(s)
Rocchi, S.
Reboux, G.
Frossard, V.
Scherer, E.
Valot, B.
Laboissière, A.
Zaros, C.
Vacheyrou, M.
Gillet, F.
Roussel, S.
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Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Science of The Total Environment
Volume

505

Start page

1026

End page

1035

Subjects

Elfe cohort

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Electrostatic dust fall collector (EDC)

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Dwelling qPCR profiles

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Microorganism geographical location

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Respiratory disorders

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April 12, 2016
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