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2024 No Associations between species-level indoor microbiome, environmental characteristics, and asthma in junior high schools of Terengganu, Malaysia https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-01080-0 Fu, Xi Asia Observational Exposure Students Middle/Jr High (6-8) Bacteria Fungi Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Dust Humidity Respiratory symptoms Indoor microbiome PacBio amplicon sequencing Asthma symptoms Malaysia Environmental characteristics Species-level indoor microbiome from 30 classrooms in Malaysian junior high schools was sequenced using PacBio and qPCR; certain bacteria were associated with asthma prevalence, suggesting a region-specific microbial exposure pattern affecting student respiratory health. 2022