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Methods: A systematic review of all reports on the association between non-anthropogenic desert dust pollution, dust microorganisms and human health is conducted. Results: In total, 51 articles were included in this review. The affected regions studied were Asia (32\/51, 62.7%) followed by Europe (9\/51, 17.6%), America (6\/51, 11.8%), Africa (4\/51, 7.8%) and Australia (1\/51, 2.0%). The Sahara Desert was the most frequent source of dust, followed by Asian and American deserts. In 39\/51 studies the dust-related microbiome was analyzed, while, in 12\/51 reports, the association of desert dust with infectious disease outbreaks was examined. Pathogenic and opportunistic agents were isolated from dust in 24\/39 (61.5%) and 29\/39 (74.4%) of the studies, respectively. A significant association of dust events with infectious disease outbreaks was found in 10\/12 (83.3%) reports. The infectious diseases that were mostly investigated with dust outbreaks were pneumonia, respiratory tract infections, COVID-19, pulmonary tuberculosis and coccidioidomycosis. Conclusions: Desert dust outbreaks are vehicles of a significant number of pathogenic or opportunistic microorganisms and limited data indicate an association between dust events and infectious disease outbreaks. 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