
Bioaerosols Emission from Anthropogenic Sources
Influencing Factors, Microbial Diversity, Epidemiological Threats, and Control Approaches
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Nitin Kumar Singh, Gaurav Sanghvi, Manish Yadav
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 3 1 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 3 2 0 - 4
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Request a sales quoteBioaerosols Emission from Anthropogenic Sources: Influencing Factors, Microbial Diversity, Epidemiological Threats, and Control Approaches covers various sources of biohazards and their associated risk factors. These air contaminants are developing concerns to people and the environment and must be addressed to avert future dangers. As little is known about their precise sources, controlling variables, microbial diversity, the involvement of co-pollutants, and dispersion and control methods, this book will assist stakeholders, including the public, government officials, and policymakers in developing successful strategies for ensuring society's safety.
- Identifies potential emission stages at different anthropogenic sources of bioaerosols
- Discusses characteristics, fate and development of effective control strategies for minimizing exposure to site specific bioaerosols
- Presents cleaner production and sustainable development tactics of bioaerosols
Students, researchers, and scientists working with a vision of sustainability, public health, and air pollution mitigation measures, Policy makers for climate finance and climate change, engineers and scientists in manufacturing and process industries, stakeholders of non-governmental organization and social development sectors, occupational exposure experts, health professionals, and epidemiologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Bioaerosols as emerging sustainability indicators
- Abstract
- 1.1 Sustainable development: an introduction
- 1.2 Bibliometric analysis
- 1.3 Dimensions of sustainability
- 1.4 Sustainability indicators
- 1.5 Criteria and categorization for sustainability indicators
- 1.6 Bioaerosols as sustainability indicators
- 1.7 Bioaerosols and health
- 1.8 Regulatory requirements for bioaerosols
- 1.9 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. Effective sampling strategies for the collection of bioaerosols
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Sampling strategies for bioaerosols
- 2.3 Collection media for bioaerosols
- 2.4 Sampling duration and collection efficiency
- 2.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Microbial aerosols: analytical methods, dispersal mechanisms and health risk assessment
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Microbial bioaerosol sampling methods
- 3.3 Bioaerosol quantification and detection methods
- 3.4 Routes and fates of microbial bioaerosols
- 3.5 Impact on human health
- 3.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Direct and indirect tools for identification and quantification of microbes associated with bioaerosols
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Microbial quantification techniques
- 4.3 Culture-based techniques
- 4.4 Bacterial/fungal detection method
- 4.5 Physical and chemical studies
- 4.6 Phylogenetic tree analysis
- 4.7 Nonculture-based techniques/Viral detection method
- 4.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. Bioaerosol emission from composting sites: characteristics, associated health impacts, and control approaches
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Microbial diversity in composting sites
- 5.3 Bioaerosol sampling and analysis methods
- 5.4 Health impact of bioaerosol exposure
- 5.5 Bioaerosol control strategies
- 5.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Airborne contamination in and around hospitals: effect of ventilation and survival of bioaerosols
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Nosocomial infections and its relationship with bioaerosols
- 6.3 Sources of bioaerosols
- 6.4 Factors affecting concentration of bioaerosols in and around hospitals
- 6.5 Health effects
- 6.6 Ventilation in hospitals
- 6.7 Effect of ventilation on survival of bioaerosols
- 6.8 Framework for managing bioaerosols in and around hospitals
- References
- Chapter 7. Emission, detection, and health impacts of bioaerosol associated with slaughterhouse
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Spreading and transmission of bioaerosol
- 7.3 Health effects on humans
- 7.4 Infectious diseases
- 7.5 Environmental effects on bioaerosol
- 7.6 Future aspects
- 7.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Sampling, detection, and health impacts of bioaerosols emitted from livestock facilities
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Sources of bioaerosols from livestock
- 8.3 Monitoring of bioaerosols
- 8.4 Sampling of bioaerosol
- 8.5 Physical and biological properties of bioaerosols
- 8.6 Detection of bioaerosols
- 8.7 Transmission of bioaerosol
- 8.8 Health assessment of bioaerosol
- 8.9 Prevention of bioaerosol
- 8.10 Future challenges
- 8.11 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Abundance and diversity of bioaerosols in laboratories: emission factors, potential control measures, and possible health threats
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Bioaerosol variation in laboratory
- 9.3 Health problem
- 9.4 Control measures
- 9.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 10. Bioaerosols in municipal waste as a source of microbiological pollution and health hazard
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Sources of bioaerosol
- 10.3 Unused waste of municipal
- 10.4 Impact on health
- 10.5 Epidemiological investigations (the problem, data collection, and test)
- 10.6 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 11. Wastewater treatment-associated bioaerosols: an emerging health threat
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Formation, dispersion, and survival factors
- 11.3 Sampling approaches adopted for wastewater treatment system-associated bioaerosols
- 11.4 Analysis of bioaerosols
- 11.5 Health impact, associated risks, and exposure of bioaerosols
- 11.6 Control of bioaerosol
- 11.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12. Origin, transport, and source apportionment of bioaerosols
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Sources of bioaerosols
- 12.3 Transportation of bioaerosols
- 12.4 Sampling of bioaerosols
- 12.5 Characterization of bioaerosols
- 12.6 Source apportionment of bioaerosols
- 12.7 Role of bioaerosols in atmospheric processes
- 12.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. Domesticated source apportionment of bioaerosol and its impacts on human health
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Critical analysis
- 13.3 Sources of indoor bioaerosol
- 13.4 Transport and mixing
- 13.5 Sampling and analysis
- 13.6 Microbiological and biochemical analysis
- 13.7 Air quality control techniques
- 13.8 Standards for acceptable bioaerosol exposure limits
- 13.9 Future needs and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14. Identification of pathogens and characterization of microbial communities in bioaerosols
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Microbial identification in bioaerosols
- 14.3 Metagenomics
- 14.4 Next-generation sequencing -based identification of microbial communities in bioaerosols
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 14, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 308
- No. of pages (eBook): 250
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443153198
- eBook ISBN: 9780443153204
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Nitin Kumar Singh
Dr. Nitin Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Marwadi Education Foundations Group of Institutions, Rajkot (Gujarat). He's worked in the fields of wastewater treatment, waste management, green synthesis and processes, techno-economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, biological air pollution assessment and sustainability analysis over the past 11 years. He has over 40 papers published in international journals and conferences, and he has worked on both research and implementation initiatives. He's also received three student-focused research grants from state government departments thus far.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marwadi Education Foundation Group of Institutions, IndiaGS
Gaurav Sanghvi
Dr. Gaurav Sanghvi is an Assistant Professor at Marwadi University's Department of Microbiology. Dr. Sanghvi worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany, for three years. He has 30 publications in reputable journals. Applied microbiology, enzymology, and mycology are among Dr. Sanghvi's scientific interests
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, IndiaMY
Manish Yadav
Manish Yadav is a Deputy Manager in Central Mine Planning Design Institute Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. He has more than eight years of expertise in the mining industry, particularly in the environmental sector. He is a NABET-approved expert in air pollution (source apportionment study, air quality modeling, and air quality assessment) and water pollution (source apportionment study, air quality modeling, and air quality assessment) (Waste water treatment, adsorption, ground water quality assessment). Environmental Impact Assessment is his primary area of expertise. He has over 13 papers published in reputable international journals. He's also written a number of environmental consulting reports.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Manager, Environment Department, Central Mine Planning Design Institute Limited, IndiaRead Bioaerosols Emission from Anthropogenic Sources on ScienceDirect