Viegas, CarlaDias, MartaAlmeida, BeatrizCaetano, Liliana Aranha2022-03-032022-03-032020-11Viegas C, Dias M, Almeida B, Caetano LA. Aspergillus spp. and azole-resistance characterization on mechanic protection gloves from waste sorting industry. In: 1st Comprehensive Health Research Centre – CHRC Annual Summit [online], Universidade de Évora, November 19-20, 2020.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/14370Project "Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bioburden through Filtering Respiratory Protective Devices” (IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSL).Aspergillus spp. species are filamentous fungi commonly found in different environmental compartments, where they thrive as saprophytes. Some species among the Aspergillus genera can be occasionally harmful to humans. Only a few species are considered as significant opportunistic pathogens in humans. Aspergillus section Fumigati is an opportunistic pathogen of immunocompromised hosts and one of several Aspergillus species that cause a wide range of respiratory disorders. Increased occurrence of opportunistic Aspergillus infections in immunocompromised patients, and the emergence of antifungal resistance, either in the clinical or in the environment had been reported.engOccupational healthOccupational exposureWaste sorting industryAspergillusAzole resistanceProtection devicesGlovesIPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSLconference object