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Premises that are closed due to pollution / drainage problems can lose more than money. Reputations are dif cult to gain but simple to lose!
Bio aerosols the pressure of water from sinks can ush and generate microbial aerosols which are carried and dispersed by air movements. Inhalation of these particles may cause allergic responses but whether or not infectious disease ensues depends in part on the viability and infectivity of the inhaled microbes and their landing sites Desiccation is experienced by all airborne microbes; gram-negative bacteria and lipid-containing viruses demonstrate phase changes in their outer phospholipid bilayer membranes owing to concomitant changes in water content and/or temperature.
These changes most likely lead to cross- linking reactions of associated protein moieties principally at mid to high relative humidity (RH). For lipid-free viruses these reactions of their surface protein moieties occur most rapidly at lowRH.Radiation,oxygen,ozoneanditsreaction products and various pollutants also decrease viability and infectivity through chemical, physical and biological modi cation to phospholipid, protein and nucleic acid moieties. The extent of damage and the degree of repair together with the ef cacy of host defence mechanisms largely controls whether the causative microbes take hold and spread disease via the airborne route. At least indoors, where desiccation is the predominant stress, the general reversibility of membrane-phase changes by vapour-phase rehydration when coupled with ef cacious microbial enzymatic repair mechanisms under genetic control, virtually ensures the spread of disease by the aerobiological pathway.
Bio-aerosols are airborne particles that are living (bacteria, viruses and fungi) or originate from living organisms.Their presence in air is the result of dispersal from a site of colonization or growth. The health effects of bio-aerosols including infectious diseases, acute toxic effects, and allergies.
Coronavirus - Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that includes viruses that may cause a range of illnesses in humans, from the common cold.
Enterovirus - Non-polio enteroviruses are very common viruses that cause many millions of infections Group A Streptococcus - A bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. People may carry group A streptococci in the throat or on the skin and have no symptoms of illness. Most GAS infections are relatively mild illnesses such as “strep throat,” or impetigo. Occasionally these bacteria can cause severe and even life-threatening diseases. Invasive Group B Streptococcal (GBS) -A bacterium that causes illness in new-born babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses, such as diabetes or liver disease. GBS is the most common cause of life-threatening infections in new-borns. Haemophilus in uenza - Invasive disease caused by Haemophilus in uenza type b can affect many organ systems. The most common types of invasive disease are pneumonia, occult febrile bacteraemia, meningitis, epiglottitis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, otitis media, purulent pericarditis, and other less common infections such as endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. Legionellosis - An infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila.
Meningococcal Disease - The leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults. Symptoms of meningococcal disease include fever,headache and stiff neck in meningitis cases, and sepsis and rash in meningococcemia.
Strep pneumoniae - a Gram-positive encapsulated coccus that often colonizes the human nasopharynx, where it can be carried asymptomatically.
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