Recent publications
Hernández-González X, Rivera-Mariani FE, Méndez L, and Bolaños-Rosero B. Increase in the Susceptibility to Covid-19 During the Fungal Spore Season Among Residents of San Juan and Caguas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal. 2023. 42(Suppl): 19. (click here to access the publication).
Levetin E, Pityn PJ, Ramon GD, Pityn E, Anderson J, Bielory L, Dalan D, Codina R, Rivera-Mariani FE, Bolaños-Rosero B. Aeroallergen Monitoring by the NAB: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future. J Allergy Clin Immunol In Practice. 2022. In Press. DOI 10.106/j.jaip/2022.11.026. (click here to access the publication)
Vélez-Torres L, Bolaños-Rosero B, Godoy-Vitorino F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Maestre J, Kinney KA, Cavallin H. Culture-Based Characterization of Fungal Communities in Homes in San Juan, Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Peer J. 2022. 3;10:e12370. (click here to access the publication)
Rivera-Mariani FE, Almaguer M, Jesus Aira M, Bolaños-Rosero B. Comparison of atmospheric fungal spore concentrations between two main cities in the Caribbean basin. PR Health Sci J. 2020 Sep;39(3):235-242.(click here to access the publication).
Suárez-Martínez EB, Rivera-Mariani FE, Ocasio M, Arroyo G. Microbiome and Respiratory Diseases: A A Study Using a Novel Non-invasive Saliva Sample Collection Method. The FASEB Journal. 2020. 34 (S1): 1-1.(click here to access the publication)
Nawaz J, Pullen F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Rizvi SAA, Sánchez-González MA, Grogan T. Spring is here, now what? Know the Differences between a Cold, Flu, Coronavirus, and Allergy. Emerging Infect Dis Diag J. 2020. EIDDJ-10010.(click here to access the publication)
Rivera-Mariani, F. E., H. Srour, R. Fomenko, S. Bellinger, and A. Stateman. 2019. “Profile of Dendritic Cells Surface Biomarkers in Nasal and Oral Mucosa of Human Subjects Reactive to Grass Pollen and House Dust Mites.” J Immunol. 202 (1 Supplement) 55.18 click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani, F. E., H. Srour, R. Fomenko, J. P. Maestre, K. Kinney, F. Godoy-Vitorino, B. Bolaños-Rosero, and H. Cavallin. 2019. “Pro-Inflammatory Potential of Indoor Dust Collected from Households in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria.” presented at the Society of Toxicology 2019, Late-Breaking Abstract Session (Abstract 3323), Baltimore, MD, March 14.
Baguley, Joshua K., Shandra V. Bellinger, Hayat H. Srour, Ariel J. Stateman, and Felix E. Rivera-Mariani. 2019. “Gender Differences in Dendritic Cell Population in Nasal and Oral Cavity between Allergic and Non-Allergic Subjects.” J Allergy Clinical Immunol. 143 (2): AB228. (click here to access the publication).
Bellinger, Shandra V., Ariel J. Stateman, Hayat H. Srour, Joshua K. Baguley, and Felix E. Rivera-Mariani. 2019. “Evaluating Differences in Prevalence of Food Allergies between Two Geographic Regions: Australia and US.” J Allergy Clinical Immunol. 143 (2): AB268. (cclick here to access the publication).
Srour, Hayat H., Joshua K. Baguley, Shandra V. Bellinger, Ariel J. Stateman, and Felix E. Rivera-Mariani. 2019. “Comparing the Magnitude of Meteorological Variables and Air Pollutants as Contributing Factors Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms.” J Allergy Clinical Immunol. 143 (2): AB235. (click here to access the publication).
Stateman, Ariel J., Hayat H. Srour, Joshua K. Baguley, Shandra V. Bellinger, and Felix E. Rivera-Mariani. 2019. “Comparison between PM2.5 Levels on East Coast and State of California in Relationship to Asthma.” J Allergy Clinical Immunol. 143 (2): AB24. (click here to access the publication).
Srour H, Fomenko R, Baguley J, Bellinger S, Jordan A, Sutton J, Santana M, Marull A, Abdalhuk M, Rivera-Mariani FE. Pilot Study of Public-Available Data to Evaluate the Relationship between Forest Fires and Emergency Department Visits due to Asthma in the State of California. F1000Research. 2018. 7: 1232 (click here to access the publication).
Abdalhuk M, Jordan A, Wagimin R, Stamitoles C, Bellinger S, Baguley J, Srour H, Fomenko R, Sutton J, Santana M, Marull A, Rivera-Mariani FE. Evaluating the Associations of Race, Ethnicity, and Food Allergens in the Development of Childhood Asthma: Re-Analysis of Publicly Available Retrospective Cross-Sectional Cohort. F1000Research. 2018, 7:1209 (click here to access the publication).
Rivera-Mariani F.E. and Bolaños-Rosero B. Principal Component Analysis to Evaluate Relationships in Reactivity to Commercial Extracts and Uncharacterized Fungi among Asthmatic and Allergic Rhinitis Subjects. J Immunol. 2018. 200 (1 Supp; 44.2). click here to access the publication.
González de Leon J, Gonález Méndez R., Cadilla Vázquez CL, Rivera-Mariani FE, Bolaños-Rosero, B. Serological Reactivity and Identification of Immunoglobulin E – Binding Proteins of Xerophilic Fungus Aspergillus penicilloides Crude Mycelial Mat Extract in Puerto Rican Atopic Subjects. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2018. 175:147–159. click here to access the publication.
Vila-Herester F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Bolanos-Rosero B. Serological reactivity and IgE-binding polypeptides to Ganoderma applanatum Cruse Spore Cytoplasmic Extract in Puerto Rico Subjects. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2017; 172:139–149. click here to access the publication.
Bose S, Rivera-Mariani FE, Chen R, Williams D, Aloe, Belli D, Breysse, PN, Diette G, Hansel N. Domestic exposure to endotoxin and respiratory morbidity in former smokers with COPD. Indoor Air. 2016. 26(5): 734-42. click here to access the publication.
Vesper S, Choi H, Perzanowski P, Acosta LM, Divjan A, Bolaños-Rosero B, Rivera-Mariani FE, Chew GL. Comparison of mold populations in settled dust and dust mite allergens in mattress dust samples in the Puerto Rico Health Regions. Int J Environ Health Research. 2016. 26(2): 198-207. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE, Vysyaraju K, Negherbon J, Levetin E, Horner WE, Hartung T, Breysse PN. Comparison of the interleukin-1β-inducing potency of allergenic spores from higher fungi (Basidiomycetes) in a cryopreserved human whole blood system. Int Arch Allergy and Immunol. 2013. 163 (2): 154-62. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE. Cryopreserved human whole blood: a human-based in-vitro immunotoxicological system expanded into environmental health and medical mycology studies. Invited Special issue of ATLA. 2013. 41(6): 483-90. click here to access the publication.
Hasiwa N, Daneshian M, Bruegger P, Fennrich S, Fleck S, Hochadel A, Hoffman S, Rivera-Mariani FE, Rockel C, Schindler S, Spreitzer I, Stoppelkamp S, Vysyaraju K, Hartung T. Evidence for the detection of non-endotoxin pyrogens (NEPS) by the whole blood monocyte activation test. ALTEX, 2013. 30(2): 169-208. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE, Mihalic JN, Rule AM, Breysse PN. Immunodetection of airborne (1-3)-β-Dglucan-carrying particles with the Halogen immunoassay in occupational setting. J Immunol Methods. 2013. 388: 86-89. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE, Matsui E, Breysse PN. Performance of the Halogen Immunoassay to Assess Airborne Mouse Allergen-Containing Particles in a Laboratory Animal Facility. J Exposure Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012. 24 (1): 3-8. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE and Bolaños-Rosero B. Allergenicity of airborne basidiospores and ascospores: need for further studies. Aerobiologia. 2012: 28(2): 83-97. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE, Nazario-Jiménez S, López-Malpica F, and Bolaños-Rosero B. Skin Test Reactivity of Allergic Subjects to Basidiomycetes’ Crude Extracts in a Tropical Environment. Med Mycol. 2011. 49(8): 887-91. click here to access the publication.
Rivera-Mariani FE, Nazario-Jiménez S, López-Malpica F, and Bolaños-Rosero B. Sensitization to Airborne Ascospores, Basidiospores, and Fungal Fragments by Allergic Rhinitis and Asthmatic Subjects in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2011; 155(4): 322-34. click here to access the publication.
Quintero E, Rivera-Mariani FE, and Bolaños-Rosero B. Analysis of Environmental Factors and Their Effects on Fungal Spores and Pollen in the Atmosphere of a Tropical Urban Area (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Aerobiologia. 2010; 26(2): 113-124. click here to access the publication.