TABLE 3.
Original ERMI mold species (group 1 and group 2) measured in floor dust from a sample of Finnish homes in the LUKAS2 cohort with severe moisture damage (MDHs) and nondamaged reference homes (RHs)a
| Mold | Prevalence (% samples >DL)b | GM concn (no. of conidia/5 mg) |
GM ratio of MDHs/RHs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture-damaged homes (n = 20) | Reference homes (n = 42) | All samples (all seasons) (20/42) | Samples taken during snow cover (4/13) | Samples taken during no snow cover (16/29) | ||
| ERMI group 1 | ||||||
| Aspergillus flavus | 47 | 1.48 | 1.53 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.99 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 50 | 2.06 | 2.38 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 0.80 |
| Aspergillus niger | 77 | 5.65 | 5.45 | 1.04 | 1.32 | 0.92 |
| Aspergillus ochraceus | 39 | 6.27 | 2.42 | 2.59 | 3.30 | 2.53 |
| Aspergillus penicillioides | 97 | 3.90 | 4.39 | 0.89 | 2.02 | 0.67 |
| Aspergillus restrictus | 97 | 1,503.68 | 1,171.24 | 1.28 | 6.80 | 0.99 |
| Aspergillus sclerotiorum | 6 | 1.04 | 1.12 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.96 |
| Aspergillus sydowii | 16 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 0.81 | 1.14 |
| Aspergillus versicolor | 19 | 2.70 | 1.30 | 2.08 | 1.48 | 2.18 |
| Aureobasidium pullulans | 100 | 4,355.01 | 4,562.12 | 0.95 | 3.16 | 0.57 |
| Chaetomium globosum | 47 | 2.35 | 1.57 | 1.50 | 0.95 | 1.77 |
| Cladosporium sphaerospermum | 85 | 10.93 | 4.55 | 2.40 | 18.40 | 1.43 |
| Eurotium amstelodami | 95 | 22.32 | 21.63 | 1.03 | 4.00 | 0.83 |
| Paecilomyces variotii | 37 | 1.34 | 1.53 | 0.88 | 1.14 | 0.79 |
| Penicillium brevicompactum | 98 | 169.09 | 323.15 | 0.52 | 1.31 | 0.48 |
| Penicillium corylophilum | 50 | 3.59 | 1.87 | 1.92 | 1.78 | 1.93 |
| Penicillium crustosum group | 50 | 8.51 | 5.09 | 1.67 | 2.16 | 1.70 |
| Penicillium purpurogenum | 26 | 1.13 | 1.35 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.93 |
| Penicillium spinulosum | 31 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.87 |
| Penicillium variabile | 31 | 1.20 | 1.25 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.95 |
| Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | 71 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 1.81 | 0.76 |
| Scopulariopsis chartarum | 63 | 3.49 | 3.25 | 1.08 | 2.79 | 0.79 |
| Stachybotrys chartarum | 24 | 1.73 | 1.24 | 1.40 | 2.45 | 1.16 |
| Trichoderma viride | 97 | 114.74 | 113.91 | 1.01 | 1.16 | 1.18 |
| Wallemia sebi | 100 | 209.22 | 203.15 | 1.03 | 9.77 | 0.55 |
| ERMI group 2 | ||||||
| Acremonium strictum | 87 | 4.06 | 3.85 | 1.05 | 2.89 | 0.78 |
| Alternaria alternata | 95 | 15.89 | 17.72 | 0.90 | 0.71 | 0.91 |
| Aspergillus ustus | 27 | 1.54 | 1.58 | 0.97 | 1.46 | 0.87 |
| Cladosporium cladosporioides 1 | 100 | 3,506.15 | 6,355.21 | 0.55 | 0.99 | 0.40 |
| Cladosporium cladosporioides 2 | 100 | 26.10 | 19.14 | 1.36 | 1.16 | 1.42 |
| Cladosporium herbarum | 100 | 1,705.70 | 2,924.37 | 0.58 | 1.23 | 0.41 |
| Epicoccum nigrum | 100 | 43.13 | 86.63 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.45 |
| Mucor group | 98 | 60.50 | 37.42 | 1.62 | 8.86 | 0.88 |
| Penicillium chrysogenum | 42 | 3.13 | 1.92 | 1.63 | 3.24 | 1.40 |
| Rhizopus stolonifer | 50 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 0.93 |
a
Presented are percent prevalences, geometric mean concentrations of 35 mold species, GM ratios (MDHs/RHs) for all samples, and GM ratios separately for samples collected during periods of permanent snow cover (January to March) and non-permanent snow cover (April to December).
b
>DL, above the detection limit.