DNA metabarcoding and its potential in microbial risk assessment in waste sorting plants

Authors: Elke Eriksen, Pål Graff, Alexander Eiler, Anne Straumfors, Anani Komlavi Afanou

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2025)

Subject Terms: Occupational exposure, High-throughput sequencing, Human pathogens, Bacteria, Fungi, Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Corrigendum: Unraveling the occupational exposure to mycotoxins in a waste management setting: results from a case study in Norway

Authors: Carla Martins, Carla Viegas, Elke Eriksen, Pål Graff, Anani Komlavi Afanou, Anne Straumfors, Magdalena Twarużek, Jan Grajewski, Robert Kosicki, Susana Viegas

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 13 (2025)

Subject Terms: mycotoxins, occupational hygiene, waste management, human biomonitoring, exposure assessment, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1589437/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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Respiratory symptoms, sensitisation and occupational exposure in the shrimp processing industry

Authors: Fikirte Debebe Zegeye, Pål Graff, Miriam Grgic, Steen Mollerup, Anani Komlavi Afanou, Berit Elisabeth Bang, Karl-Christian Nordby, Anne Straumfors, Johanna Samulin Erdem

Source: Frontiers in Allergy, Vol 6 (2025)

Subject Terms: allergy, respiratory symptoms, biomarkers, irritants, sensitisation, tropomyosin, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/falgy.2025.1520576/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-6101

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Unraveling the occupational exposure to mycotoxins in a waste management setting: results from a case study in Norway

Authors: Carla Martins, Carla Viegas, Elke Eriksen, Pål Graff, Anani Komlavi Afanou, Anne Straumfors, Magdalena Twarużek, Jan Grajewski, Robert Kosicki, Susana Viegas

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 13 (2025)

Subject Terms: mycotoxins, occupational hygiene, waste management, human biomonitoring, exposure assessment, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1536836/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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New approach methodologies to enhance human health risk assessment of immunotoxic properties of chemicals — a PARC (Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals) project

Authors: Igor Snapkow, Nicola M. Smith, Emma Arnesdotter, Karsten Beekmann, Etienne B. Blanc, Albert Braeuning, Emanuela Corsini, Marija Sollner Dolenc, Loes P. M. Duivenvoorde, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Nina Franko, Valentina Galbiati, Johanna M. Gostner, Nathalie Grova, Arno C. Gutleb, Rita Hargitai, Aafke W. F. Janssen, Solveig A. Krapf, Birgitte Lindeman, Katalin Lumniczky, Ambra Maddalon, Steen Mollerup, Lucia Parráková, Arkadiusz Pierzchalski, Raymond H. H. Pieters, Maria J. Silva, Anita Solhaug, Yvonne C. M. Staal, Anne Straumfors, Tünde Szatmári, Jonathan D. Turner, Rob J. Vandebriel, Ana Claudia Zenclussen, Robert Barouki

Source: Frontiers in Toxicology, Vol 6 (2024)

Subject Terms: PARC, new approach methodologies, NAMs, immunotoxicology, immunosuppression, regulatory toxicology, Toxicology. Poisons, RA1190-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ftox.2024.1339104/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-3080

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Comprehensive assessment of occupational exposure to microbial contamination in waste sorting facilities from Norway

Authors: Carla Viegas, Elke Eriksen, Bianca Gomes, Marta Dias, Renata Cervantes, Pedro Pena, Elisabete Carolino, Magdalena Twarużek, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Susana Viegas, Pål Graff, Anani Komlavi Afanou, Anne Straumfors

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)

Subject Terms: occupational exposure assessment, microbial agents, manual and automated waste sorting, azole resistance screening, Aspergillus spp., Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297725/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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Bioaerosol Exposure and in vitro Activation of Toll-like Receptors in a Norwegian Waste Sorting Plant

Authors: Elke Eriksen, Pål Graff, Ine Pedersen, Anne Straumfors, Anani K. Afanou

Source: Safety and Health at Work, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 9-16 (2022)

Subject Terms: Occupational exposure, Waste Management, Dust, Bacteria, Fungi, Toll-Like Receptors, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791121000779; https://doaj.org/toc/2093-7911

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The airborne mycobiome and associations with mycotoxins and inflammatory markers in the Norwegian grain industry

Authors: Anne Straumfors, Sunil Mundra, Oda A. H. Foss, Steen K. Mollerup, Håvard Kauserud

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Hazard characterization of Alternaria toxins to identify data gaps and improve risk assessment for human health

Authors: Henriqueta Louro (Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) and Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Ariane Vettorazzi (MITOX Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition, UNAV-University of Navarra), Adela López de Cerain (MITOX Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition, UNAV-University of Navarra), Anastasia Spyropoulou (Laboratory of Toxicological Control of Pesticides, Scientific Directorate of Pesticides’ Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute), Anita Solhaug (Norwegian Veterinary Institute), Anne Straumfors (Norwegian Veterinary Institute), Anne-Cathrin Behr (Department Food Safety, BfR, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Birgit Mertens (Department of Chemical and Physical Health Risks, Sciensano), Bojana Žegura (Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia), Christiane Kruse Fæste (Norwegian Veterinary Institute), Dieynaba Ndiaye (INRS, Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité pour la Prévention des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles, France), Eliana Spilioti (Laboratory of Toxicological Control of Pesticides, Scientific Directorate of Pesticides’ Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute), Elisabeth Varga (Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna), Estelle Dubreil (Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Eszter Borsos (Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna), Francesco Crudo (Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna), Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen (Norwegian Veterinary Institute), Igor Snapkow (Department of Chemical Toxicology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Jérôme Henri (Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Julie Sanders (Department of Chemical and Physical Health Risks, Sciensano), Kyriaki Machera (Laboratory of Toxicological Control of Pesticides, Scientific Directorate of Pesticides’ Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute), Laurent Gaté (INRS, Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité pour la Prévention des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles, France), Ludovic Le Hegarat (Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Matjaž Novak (Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia), Nicola M. Smith (Department of Chemical Toxicology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Solveig Krapf (Norwegian Veterinary Institute), Sonja Hager (Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna), Valérie Fessard (Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Yvonne Kohl (Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT), Maria João Silva (Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) and Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Hubert Dirven (Department of Chemical Toxicology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Jessica Dietrich (Department Safety in the Food Chain, BfR, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Doris Marko (Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna)

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Species-specific Fungal DNA in Airborne Dust as Surrogate for Occupational Mycotoxin Exposure?

Authors: Halstensen, Anne Straumfors¹ anne.s.halstensen@stami.no

Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Dec2008, Vol. 9 Issue 12, p2543-2558. 16p.

Subject Terms: *MYCOTOXINS, *AMANITINS, *FUMONISINS, *FUNGAL metabolites, *OCHRATOXINS, *PLANT metabolites, *SURROGATE-based optimization, *RISK assessment, *FUNGI physiology, *HEALTH

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Quantitative exposure assessment of organic dust.

Authors: Eduard, Wijnand, Halstensen, Anne Straumfors

Source: SJWEH Supplements; 2009, Issue 7, p30-35, 6p, 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 1 Graph

Subject Terms: PARTICULATE matter, DUST measurement, GRAVIMETRY, MICROORGANISMS, MICROSCOPICAL technique, HEALTH risk assessment, DNA