ABSTRACT
The daily number of outdoor spores was counted and the cases of community-acquired invasive aspergillosis (IA) were observed over a period of 31 months. The outdoor fungal load preceding IA occurrences was significantly higher than that measured during IA-free periods, underlining the importance of preventive measures to protect high-risk patients, even at home.
Subject(s)
Air Microbiology , Aspergillosis/microbiology , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , Cross Infection/microbiology , Aspergillosis/transmission , Colony Count, Microbial , Community-Acquired Infections/transmission , Cross Infection/transmission , Humans , Incidence , Prospective Studies , Spores, FungalABSTRACT
After a recall of the recent emergence of the great ecological problems on the scale of the European continent and of the privileged use of vegetation maps as an ecological tool, a cartographic synthesis of the main plant formations in Europe is submitted on the basis of a hierarchized and numerized nomenclature of the vegetation units. Examples of connections between vegetation and ecology, as suggested or facilitated by this map, are given: use of the monthly ombrothermic diagrams as a privileged tool, thermic limits of the boreal zone, indicative value of the Mediterranean xerothermic area, predictive models of the geographical shifts of the great ecosystems according to the expected climate changes.
