| 
																	
																		 
																		 Air Microbiology
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Air Microbiology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
	which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
 
	
	
		
			
			
				The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D000391 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | H01.158.273.540.274.110 N06.850.425.110 |  
						| Concept/Terms |  |  
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Air Microbiology". 
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Air Microbiology". 
	
	
		
			
			
					
				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Air Microbiology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Air Microbiology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
					  To see the data from this visualization as text, click here. 
		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
|---|
 | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |  | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |  | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |  | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |  | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
 
                    To return to the timeline, click here. 
				Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Microbiology" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Lei H, Du S, Tong X, Chan WL, Leung MHY, Bøifot KO, Bezdan D, Butler DJ, Danko DC, Green DC, Hernandez MT, Kelly FJ, Lucaci AG, Meydan C, Nieto-Caballero M, Ryon K, Tierney B, Udekwu KI, Young BG, Mason CE, Dybwad M, Lee PKH. Global biogeography of airborne viruses in public transit systems and their host interactions. Microbiome. 2025 Aug 29; 13(1):193.
								Baduashvili A, Radonovich L, Leslie L, Pease S, Brickson C, Chockalingam L, Banacos N, Fitzgerald B, Wagner J, Bahnfleth WP, Cox-Ganser J, Mead KR, Olsiewski P, Gregory CO, Stone E, Taliano J, Weissman DN, Bero L. Engineering Infection Controls to Reduce Indoor Transmission of Respiratory Infections : A Scoping Review. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Sep; 178(9):1314-1325.
								Challener DW, Tande AJ, Koutras C, Wade RL, McIntee MA, Strauss DM, Yao X, Chang YH, Berbari E. Evaluation of germicidal ultraviolet-C disinfection in a real-world outpatient health care environment. Am J Infect Control. 2024 Sep; 52(9):1030-1034.
								Marr LC, Samet JM. Reducing Transmission of Airborne Respiratory Pathogens: A New Beginning as the COVID-19 Emergency Ends. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 May; 132(5):55001.
								Upadrasta A, Daniels S, Thompson TP, Gilmore B, Humphreys H. In situ generation of cold atmospheric plasma-activated mist and its biocidal activity against surrogate viruses for COVID-19. J Appl Microbiol. 2023 Aug 01; 134(8).
								Nieto-Caballero M, Gomez OM, Shaughnessy R, Hernandez M. Aerosol fluorescence, airborne hexosaminidase, and quantitative genomics distinguish reductions in airborne fungal loads following major school renovations. Indoor Air. 2022 01; 32(1):e12975.
								Root KS, Magzamen S, Sharp JL, Reynolds SJ, Van Dyke M, Schaeffer JW. Application of the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index in Indoor Marijuana Grow Operations. Ann Work Expo Health. 2020 08 06; 64(7):728-744.
								Lane MA, Brownsword EA, Morgan JS, Babiker A, Vanairsdale SA, Lyon GM, Mehta AK, Ingersoll JM, Lindsley WG, Kraft CS. Bioaerosol sampling of a ventilated patient with COVID-19. Am J Infect Control. 2020 12; 48(12):1540-1542.
								Zhao M, Liao L, Xiao W, Yu X, Wang H, Wang Q, Lin YL, Kilinc-Balci FS, Price A, Chu L, Chu MC, Chu S, Cui Y. Household Materials Selection for Homemade Cloth Face Coverings and Their Filtration Efficiency Enhancement with Triboelectric Charging. Nano Lett. 2020 07 08; 20(7):5544-5552.
								Godri Pollitt KJ, Peccia J, Ko AI, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Nebert DW, Reichardt JKV, Thompson DC, Vasiliou V. COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission. Hum Genomics. 2020 05 12; 14(1):17. | 
																	
																		
																			
																					People  People who have written about this concept._ 
    
        Similar Concepts   
        People who have written about this concept.
     _ 
    
        Top Journals   
        Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
     |