Bioaerosols Emission from Anthropogenic Sources. Influencing Factors, Microbial Diversity, Epidemiological Threats, and Control Approaches

Table of Contents

1. Bioaerosols as emerging air pollutant and sustainability indicator: Various sources, sampling strategies, characteristics, diversity, and control approaches
2. Characteristics, emission factors, role of meteorology in dispersion, and potential health risks of wastewater treatment associated bioaerosols
3. Bioaerosols emission from composting sites: Exposure to endotoxins and associated health issues
4. Characteristics, size distribution, and exposure risk from bioaerosols emitted from urban and rural sanitation facilities
5. Bioaerosols monitoring in slaughter facilities: Characteristics and distribution trends
6. Abundance and diversity of bioaerosols in laboratories: Emission factor, survival conditions and possible health threats
7. Landfill site bioaerosols: Characteristics, seasonal variation, and potential health hazards
8. Airborne contamination in and around hospitals: Effect of ventilation and survival of bioaerosols
9. Bioaerosols emissions from livestock facilities: Sources, characteristics, and distribution
10. Role and characteristics of bioaerosols from Municipal/organic waste management facilities: Impact factors and potential health hazards
11. Diverse quantification techniques for detection of microbial communities in bioaerosols: Experience from anthropogenic sources
12. Epidemiological threats associated with anthropogenic sources of bioaerosols: Way forward for social sustainability
13. Microbial communities of source specific bioaerosols, and its association with specific diseases
Analyzing the role of bioaerosols during pandemic and/or epidemic conditions: A case study of COVID-19

Authors

Nitin Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Marwadi Education Foundation Group of Institutions, India. 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. Gaurav Sanghvi Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, India. 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 Manish Yadav Deputy Manager, Environment Department, Central Mine Planning Design Institute Limited, India. 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.