Exposure to Microbiological Agents in Indoor and Occupational Environments

This book intends to provide information about detection and health effects due to bacteria, fungi and viruses in indoor environments. The book will cover also information about preventive and protective measures to avoid health-hazardous. Case studies wi

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Carla Viegas · Susana Viegas Anita Quintal Gomes · Martin Täubel Raquel Sabino Editors

Exposure to Microbiological Agents in Indoor and Occupational Environments

Editors Carla Viegas GIAS, ESTeSL - School of Health Technology of Lisbon Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal

Anita Quintal Gomes GIAS, ESTeSL - School of Health Technology of Lisbon Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal

Center for Research in Public Health, National School of Public Health University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal Susana Viegas GIAS, ESTeSL - School of Health Technology of Lisbon Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal Center for Research in Public Health, National School of Public Health University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal

ISBN 978-3-319-61686-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61688-9

Martin Täubel Department Health Protection National Institute for Health & Welfare Kuopio Finland Raquel Sabino Reference Unit for Parasitic and Fungal Infections, Infectious Diseases Department National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge Lisbon Portugal

ISBN 978-3-319-61688-9 (eBook)

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Foreword

Microorganisms are indispensable companions to human life. We have always been faced with the galaxy of microorganisms in our environment, and the science developments during the last decades have unequivocally shown that our “internalized” microorganisms referred to as the microbiome are determining our health and disease. The new measuring techniques next generation sequencing has opened a whole new area of research, and much is s