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In this study we report an aerobiological sampling of the atmosphere of Córdoba, in which airborne conidia belonging to the genusCladosporium were volumetrically counted for a period of 3 years. Two types ofCladosporium conidia were identified, differentiated by their morphological characteristics: the typecladosporioides and the typeherbarum. Correlation analyses with meteorological parameters have shown that daily mean temperature and relative humidity were the most influential factors governing the daily presence ofCladosporium in the atmosphere. Regression analyses were also done in order to establish predictive models of future airborne concentrations. The models that have shown the best adjustment to our data set have been obtained through the utilization of the weekly average temperature prior to the conidia forecast as an independent variable and the 5-day moving average conidia count as the dependent variable. Finally, our statistical analyses showed that variations of theherbarum type adjust more closely to the model of variations obtained than that of thecladosporioides type.
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Molina, A.M., Romero, J.A., García-Pantaleón, F.I. et al. Preliminary statistical modeling of the presence of two conidial types ofCladosporium in the atmosphere of Córdoba, Spain. Aerobiologia 14, 229–234 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694211
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