Revision de las investigaciones sobre Micologia medica y de la literatura en Cuba durante el decenio de 1945 a 1955

Study of airborne fungus spores by viable and non-viable methods in Havana, Cuba

“…Epicoccum and Monodictys are cosmopolitan fungi, which can develop in different environments. They have been cited in previous studies of the Cuban atmosphere (Estrada de la Riva, 1951;Fuentes, 1958;Arnold et al, 1987;Herrera et al, 2003;Almaguer et al, 2012;) and the world (Nikkels et al, 1996;Oliveira et al, 2009;Nitiu et al, 2010). Spegazzinia, an uncommon fungus in the atmosphere, has also been detected in our study.…”

“…Fuentes (1958) conducted a review of the researches about these issues during the decade [1945][1946][1947][1948][1949][1950][1951][1952][1953][1954][1955]. Some of these studies stated a marked exacerbation of the clinical symptomatology during the highest airborne fungi concentration periods (Estrada de la Riva, 1951), which some authors located during winter (Cadrecha & Fernández de Castro, 1955), while others report the influence of weather parameters in the airborne spore concentrations (Quintero Fossas, 1964).…”