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Diseases Related to Bioaerosols |
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Contagious Diseases: Many Viral and Bacterial Diseases |
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Infection Organisms must be viable. |
Transmission
Mode Human to human. Route of Infection Through air or by contact. |
Agents Viruses: cannot reproduce without hosts, may survive on surfaces including ventilation or filtration. Bacteria (e.g., tuberculosis): generally not found in building substrates. |
Risk
Factors Genetic factors, lack of immunity, dose, virulence of agents, environmental factors: Immune deficiency; medications, substances abuse, etc. |
Evaluation Diagnosis, epidemiology; air/source sampling is ineffective. Control Avoid contact. |
| Infections from Environmental Sources: Many Bacterial & Fungal Diseases | ||||
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Infection Organisms must be viable; may also cause allergic/toxic response. |
Transmission
Mode Environmental reservoirs; some such as chlamydia and rickettsia are assoc. with vector carriers such as rodents or other mammals. Route of Exposure Through air or by contact. |
Agents Bacteria: Legionella (Legionnaire's disease and Pontiac Fever); flavobacteria, etc., Fungi: histoplasma, blastomyces, coccidioidomyces, Cryptococcus, Aspergillius, etc. |
Risk
Factors Genetic factors, lack of immunity, dose, virulence of agents, environmental factors. Immune deficiency; medications, substance abuse, etc. |
Evaluation Diagnosis, epidemiology; site observation, source sampling; air sampling may be useful for Aspergillius and Pseudomonas, but difficult for Legionella. Control Remove sources. |
| Hypersensitivity: Asthma & Hay Fever | ||||
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Response Diseases; agents of exposure need not be alive. |
Transmission
Mode Environmental reservoirs. Route of Exposure Inhalation. |
Agents Fungi (mostly spores), pollens, arthropods (mites, roaches) mammals (cat and dog danders), etc. |
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Factors Genetic factors, sensitization, antigenicity.
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Evaluation Diagnosis, site observation source sampling of reservoirs, air sampling. Control Remove sources, avoid allergens. |
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Immune
Response Diseases; agents of exposure need not be alive. |
Transmission
Mode Environmental reservoirs. Route of Exposure Inhalation. |
Agents Bacteria, actinomyces, fungi (mostly spores), protozoa, proteins, biological organic dust. |
Risk
Factors Host risk unknown, prolonged and high levels of exposure, adjuvents, antigenicity. |
Evaluation Diagnosis, source sampling of reservoirs, air sampling. Control Remove sources, avoid allergens. |
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Toxicoses: Acute Toxicity, Immune Suppression, Cancer & Human Fever |
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Cellular Effect Toxins or carcinogens of biological origin; exposure units need not be alive, and may linger, depending on chemical stability; cancer is rare. |
Transmission
Mode From environmental reservoirs, either assoc. with organisms or discharge by organisms. |
Agents Bacteria toxins: endotoxins and exotoxins. Fungal toxins, mycotoxins, such as alfatoxins. |
Risk
Factors Human response is constant; toxicity, dose, immune suppressors. |
Evaluation Diagnosis, site observation source sampling of organisms, air sampling to verify exposure Control Remove sources. |
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Suggested Guidelines for Remediation of Damage from Sewage
Backflow into Buildings An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Working Document Michael A. Berry, Ph.D., Jeff Bishop, Claude Blackburn, Eugene C. Cole, Dr., Ph.D., William G. Ewald, Terry Smith, Nathan Suazo, and Steve Swan © Copyright 1998-2008 - p1m.com |
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