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Aerobiology 2005, Oklahoma, USA
ABSTRACTS

SESSION 2 - Indoor Air Abstracts

2.1 Mold profile in hurricane damaged residential properties
R. Otero1, A. Chamorro2, I. Hurtado1,3,4, 1RAMS Environmental Laboratory, Inc., and 2Ambient Environmental, Inc., 3IVIC, 4Caracas, Venezuela and University of New Mexico
2.2 Spores in typical homes
Charles Barnes, Frank Hu, Kara Wagoner, Linda Johnson, Kevin Kennedy, and Jay Portnoy, Children's Mercy Hospital

SESSION 3 - Indoor Air Abstracts

3.1 Differences between ground level and rooftop airborne fungal populations and their implication for indoor air quality investigations
Leslie Ungers, Ungers & Associates
3.2 Controlling fungal contamination on building materials using tea tree oil
Christin Townsend and Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa
3.3 Effect of a novel compound on fungal contamination
Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa

SESSION 5 - Panel Discussion: Soybean Rust Abstracts


5.1 Spatial and temporal dimensions of the soybean rust incursion into North America
A. Ariatti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and S.A. Isard, Penn State University
5. 2 North American Plant Disease Forecasting Center
Thomas Keever and C. E. Main, North Carolina State University
5.3 Monitoring and forecasting the soybean rust in the U.S for the 2005 growing season
S.A. Isard, Penn State University and A. Ariatti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SESSION 6 - General Aerobiology (Pollen) Abstracts


6.1 Effect of climate change on tree and grass airborne pollen dynamic in Southern Spain
León, E., García-Mozo, H., Alcázar, P. and C. Galán University of Cordoba, Spain
6.2 Bioclimatology of grasses pollination optimum
B. Escamilla-Garcia and P. Comtois, University of Montreal, Canada
6.3 Airborne pollen concentration in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 2004-2005
Burcu Bursali and Cahit Dogan, Hacettepe University, Turkey
6.4 Modeling air-mediated pollen dispersal and assessing the risk of gene flow
A. Kuparinen and R.B. O'Hara, University of Helsinki, Finland, F. Schurr, Umweltsforschungszentrum UFZ, Germany, O. Tackenberg, University of Regensburg, Germany
6.5 Pollenpro: a general pollen forecasting system
K. Johnson, A. Lyle, B. Waters, S. East, R. Gamble, Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa

SESSION 7 - Medicine and Health Abstracts

7.1 Fungal biodiversity in the sinunasal cavity
W. Buzina, H. Braun, H. Stammberger, D. Haas and E. Marth, Medical University Graz, Austria
7.2 Preliminary analysis of outdoor allergen exposure and asthma exacerbations
C Rogers, M Muilenberg, D Milton, H Burge, Harvard School of Public Health
7.3 Indoor and outdoor aeroalgae - Role as allergens: Aerobiological perspective
K. S. Ramchander Rao, St Martin's Engineering College, India
7.4 Asthma: a bi-product of managing chitin exposures in chitotriosidase deficient individuals? C Rogers, Harvard School of Public Health

SESSION 8 - Poster Session Abstracts

8.1 Preliminary survey of airborne pollen and mold spores in central Minnesota (USA)
M.A. Zenzen, B.M. Hoffmann and S.G. Saupe. College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
8.2 Exposure of employees of waste water treatment plants to bioaerosols
M. Unteregger1, D. Haas1, I. Wendelin1, M. Panholzer2, E. Marth1, F.F. Reinthaler1 1 Institute of Hygiene, Medical University Graz, 2 Sewage Authority, City of Graz, Austria
8.3 Molds in indoor air of Austrian households
D. Haas1, J. Habib1, I. Wendelin1, W. Buzina1, M. Unteregger1, R. Schlacher2, E. Marth1, F.F. Reinthaler1, 1Medical University Graz, 2 Department of Environmental Hygiene Styria, Austria
8.4 Airborne spores at three sites in Oklahoma
Abeer Khattab and Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa
8.5 Aerobiology and morphology of myxomycete spores
Shernell Surratt and Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa
8.6 Comparison of Pollen Concentrations between Tulsa and Cushing, OK
Mary Larsen-Purvis and Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa

SESSION 12 - General Aerobiology (Spores) Abstracts

12.1 Isolation of fungal spores in stream waters: Comparisons of methods and relationship with airborne assemblages
J. Hobeila, B. Escamilla-Garcia, P. Comtois, F. Courchesne, and A.G. Roy, University of Montreal, Canada
12.2 Effects of meteorological factors on the levels of Alternaria and Cladosporium spores in the atmosphere of Ankara, 2004-2005
C. Dogan, Burcu Bursali, Hacettepe University, Turkey
12.3 A Comparison of counting methods for hourly airborne spore concentrations
Lora Lindley-Settlemyre1 and Estelle Levetin2, 1University of Arkansas, 2University of Tulsa

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