Fungal spores are an important biological airborne particulate worldwide, including in the Caribbean basin. Fungal spores are also a known potential inducer of episodes of allergic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis. Nevertheless, most studies have been performed in temperate regions. Less is known in the Caribbean basin. This repository contain website files for a multidisciplinary collaborations between scientists located in Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States to provide further insights role of airborne fungal spores in the Caribbean basin.

Among the collaborators from this study are:

• Dr. Michel Almaguer: Dr. Almaguer is an expert microbiologist, mycologist, aerobiologist, and faculty at the Department of Microbiology of the University of Havana, Cuba. He is one of the leaders in fungal and pollen aerobiology in Havana, Cuba and the Caribbean.

  • Find more information about Dr. Almaguer's publications here.

• Dr. María de Jesus Aira: Dr. Aira is also an expert aerobiologist, and the director of the Botany Department faculty at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She has published extensively in pollen and fungal spore aerobiology in Caribbean and Spain, and is an active member of the Spanish Network of Aerobiology.

  • Find more about Dr. Aira' publications here.

• Dr. Benjamín Bolaños-Rosero: Dr. Bolaños-Rosero, former PhD mentor of Dr. Rivera-Mariani, is an expert mycologist, and faculty at the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus. He is currently the director of the Puerto Rico Aeroallergen station (San Juan, PR), which is the only station in the Caribbean certified by and reports daily aeroallergen concentrations of pollen and fungal spores to the National Allergy Bureau of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Bolaños-Rosero's mycology expertise is well known in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, as well as internationally.

  • Find here recent publications of Dr. Bolaños-Rosero.

• Dr. Félix E. Rivera-Mariani: Dr. Rivera-Mariani is an expert in immunology, aerobiology, and computational biology and data analysis. He is the former PhD student of Dr. Bolaños-Rosero, and have published extensively in the immunotoxicology of fungal allergens and air pollution. Dr. Rivera-Mariani is also a faculty at College of Biomedical Sciences of Larkin University, and the School of Sciences at Miami Dade College. He has been in charge of the statistical analysis in this collaboration.

  • Find information about Dr. Rivera-Mariani's publications here.