Viruses and indoor air pollution.

T he natural occurrence of air pollution by microorganisms and of human disease from inhaling these organisms is established. Microbiologic and epidemiologic data document airborne transmission of a large number of bacteria and fungi, including psittacosis, Q fever, bru-cella, anthrax, certain fungi, legionella, and tuberculosis. Among these, quantitative data relating to air pollution and transmission are available only for tuberculosis and Q fever, and only one, tuberculosis, involves person-to-person transmission. and viruses of historical as well as and a high degree of susceptibility of the lower respiratory tract to virus.

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