aerosolized

Examples of aerosolized in the following topics:

• Legionellosis

  • Legionella transmission occurs via aerosols and infection occurs when upon inhalation of the bacteria.

• Special Culture Techniques

  • It includes various bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting such as chlamydia.
  • Biosafety Level 4: This level is reserved for work with dangerous and exotic agents that pose a high individual risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections, agents that cause severe to fatal disease in humans for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, Marburg virus, and the Ebola virus.

• Current Epidemics

  • Typically, influenza is transmitted through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus.
  • Airborne aerosols have been thought to cause most infections, although which means of transmission is most important is not absolutely clear.

• Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory

  • Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV.
  • certain procedures in which infectious aerosols or splashes may be created are conducted in biological safety cabinets or other physical containment equipment.

• Diphtheria

  • Diphtheria is a contagious disease spread by direct physical contact or breathing the aerosolized secretions of infected individuals.

• Predisposing Factors

  • The virus also survives longer on surfaces at colder temperatures and aerosol transmission of the virus is highest in cold environments (less than 5°C) with low relative humidity.

• Infectious Disease Transmission

  • Respiratory diseases and meningitis are commonly acquired by contact with aerosolized droplets, spread by sneezing, coughing, talking, kissing, or even singing.

• Types of Disinfectants

  • An air disinfectant must be dispersed either as an aerosol or vapor at a sufficient concentration in the air to cause the number of viable infectious microorganisms to be significantly reduced.

• Biological Weapons

  • Some biological agents (especially smallpox, plague, and tularemia) have the capability of person-to-person transmission via aerosolized respiratory droplets.