Indoor bacterial, fungal and viral species and functional genes in urban and rural schools in Shanxi Province, China–association with asthma, rhinitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in high school students

Abstract Background Studies in developed countries have reported that the prevalence of asthma and rhinitis is higher in urban areas than in rural areas, and this phenomenon is associated with urbanization and changing indoor microbiome exposure. Developing countries such as China have experienced r...

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Main Authors: Xi Fu, Zheyuan Ou, Mei Zhang, Yi Meng, Yanling Li, Jikai Wen, Qiansheng Hu, Xin Zhang, Dan Norbäck, Yiqun Deng, Zhuohui Zhao, Yu Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01091-0