College Of Basic Education Researches Journal

Abstract

The study of isolation and identification of some fungi from some individuals exposed to dust storm in Ninevah province showed that fungal load had been increased on persons who exposed to these dust storm more than their fungal load before exposing.These fungal load colonized the nose, ear oral pharynx.Most of these fungi was isolated from nose, and less percentage was isolated from ear and oral pharynx.
The more frequent isolated fungi were Aspergillus spp., followed by Candida albicans, Penicillium spp., Alternariaalternata and fusarium sp.