LIST OF AIRBORNE PATHOGENS, INCLUDING ALLERGENIC , TOXIGENIC, AND SUSPECTED
RESPIRATORY AND NON-RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS
DIA
Airborne Pathogen
Group
Disease
Status
Source
microns
Parvovirus B19
VIRUS
fifth disease, anemia
Contagious
Humans
0.022
Rhinovirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.023
Coxsackievirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.027
Echovirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.028
Hantavirus
VIRUS
Hantavirus
Non
rodents
0.060
rubella (German
Togavirus
VIRUS
measles)
Contagious
Humans
0.063
Reovirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.075
Adenovirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.080
Orthomyxovirus Humans,
Influenza
VIRUS
flu
Contagious
birds
0.10
Coronavirus
VIRUS
colds
Contagious
Humans
0.11
Morbillivirus
VIRUS
measles (rubeola)
Contagious
Humans
0.12
Varicella-zoster
VIRUS
chickenpox
Contagious
Humans
0.16
Arenavirus - Junin
VIRUS
hemmorhagic fever
Contagious
rodents
0.18
Arenavirus Machupo
VIRUS
hemmorhagic fever
Contagious
rodents
0.18
Arenavirus - Lassa
VIRUS
Lassa fever
Contagious
rodents
0.18
Filovirus - Marburg
VIRUS
hemmorhagic fever
Contagious
rodents
0.18
Parainfluenza
VIRUS
flu
Contagious
Humans
0.22
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus
VIRUS
pneumonia
Contagious
Humans
0.22
Poxvirus - Variola
VIRUS
smallpox (extinct)
Contagious
Humans
0.23
Poxvirus - Vaccinia
VIRUS
cowpox
Non
Agricultural
0.23
Monkeypox
VIRUS
monkeypox
Contagious
Monkeys
0.23
Paramyxovirus
VIRUS
mumps
Contagious
Humans
0.23
Francisella
tularensis
BACTERIA
tularemia
Non
wild animals 0.20
Bordetella pertussis
BACTERIA
whooping cough
Contagious
Humans
0.25
Mycoplasma
pneumoniae
BACTERIA
pneumonia
Contagious
Humans
0.25
Chlamydia
pneumoniae
BACTERIA
pneumonia, bronchitis Contagious
Humans
0.30
Chlamydia psittaci
BACTERIA
psittacosis
Non
Birds
0.30
Klebsiella
pneumoniae
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections Endogenous Environmental 0.40
Haemophilus
influenzae
BACTERIA
meningitis
Contagious
Humans
0.43
Coxiella burnetii
BACTERIA
Q Fever
Non
Cattle, sheep 0.50
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections Contagious Environmental 0.57
Pseudomonas
pseudomallei
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Non
Environmental 0.57
Actinomyces israelii
BACTERIA
actinomycosis
Endogenous Humans
0.60
Legionella
parisiensis
BACTERIA
pneumonia(?)
Non
Environmental 0.60
Legionella
pneumophila
BACTERIA
LD, Pontiac fever
Non
Environmental 0.60
Cardiobacterium
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections Endogenous Humans
0.63
Alkaligenes
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections Endogenous Humans
0.75
Yersinia pestis
BACTERIA
pneumonic plague
Contagious
Rodents
0.75
Pseudomonas
nonrespiratory
cepacia
BACTERIA
airborne(?)
Non
Environmental 0.77
Pseudomonas
mallei
Enterobacter
cloacae
Enterococcus
Neisseria
meningitidis
Streptococcus
faecalis
Streptococcus
pyogenes
Mycobacterium
kansasii
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Streptococcus
pneumoniae
Staphylococcus
aureus
Staphylococcus
epidermis
Corynebacteria
diphtheria
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Non
Environmental 0.77
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
Contagious
Humans
0.80
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
Contagious
Humans
0.80
BACTERIA
meningitis
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
scarlet fever,
pharyngitis
BACTERIA
cavitary pulmonary
BACTERIA
TB
pneumonia, otitis
media
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
BACTERIA
Endogenous
Humans
0.80
Contagious
Humans
0.80
Contagious
Humans
0.80
Non
unknown
0.86
Contagious
Humans
0.86
Contagious
Humans
0.90
opportunistic infections Endogenous
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
Endogenous
Humans
0.95
Humans
0.95
diptheria
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
Humans
1.00
Clostridium tetani
BACTERIA
Haemophilus
parainfluenzae
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Moraxella lacunata
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Bacillus anthracis
BACTERIA
anthrax
Mycobacterium
avium
BACTERIA
cavitary pulmonary
Mycobacterium
intracellulare
BACTERIA
cavitary pulmonary
Acinetobacter
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Moraxella catarrhalis
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Serratia marcescens
BACTERIA
opportunistic infections
Saccharomonospora
viridis
ACTINOMYCETES Farmer's Lung
Thermomonospora
viridis
ACTINOMYCETES Farmer's Lung, HP
Micropolyspora faeni ACTINOMYCETES Farmer's Lung
Thermoactinomyces
sacchari
ACTINOMYCETES bagassosis, HP
Micromonospora
faeni
ACTINOMYCETES Farmer's Lung
Thermoactinomyces
vulgaris
ACTINOMYCETES Farmer's Lung, HP
Nocardia asteroides ACTINOMYCETES nocardiosis
Nocardia brasiliensis ACTINOMYCETES pulmonary mycetoma
Nocardia caviae
ACTINOMYCETES nocardiosis
Phialaphora
parasitica
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Phialaphora repens
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Exophiala
jeanselmei
FUNGI
humidifier water
Phialaphora
hoffmannii
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Phialaphora
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Contagious
Non
Environmental 1.00
Endogenous Humans
Endogenous Humans
Non
Cattle, sheep
Non
1.00
1.00
1.13
Environmental 1.20
Non
Environmental
Endogenous Environmental
Endogenous Humans
Endogenous Environmental
1.20
1.25
1.25
1.25
Non
Agricultural
0.60
Non
Non
Agricultural
Agricultural
0.60
0.69
Non
Agricultural
0.70
Non
Agricultural
1.00
Non
Non
Non
Non
Agricultural
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
1.00
1.14
1.50
1.50
Non
Non
Environmental 1.50
Environmental 1.50
Non
Environmental 1.95
Non
Non
Environmental 2.00
Environmental 2.00
richardsiae
Pneumocystis carinii
Phialaphora
mutabilis
Acremonium spp.
Trichoderma
harzianum
Oidiodendron
tenuissimum
Geomyces
pannorum
Histoplasma
capsulatum
Paecilomyces
variotii
Wallemia sebi
Emericella nidulans
Phoma spp.
Penicillium
brevicompactum
Penicillium
chrysogenum
Penicillium
citreonigrum
Penicillium
commune
Penicillium
corylophilum
Penicillium
cyclopium
Penicillium
expansum
Penicillium freii
Penicillium glabrum
Penicillium hordei
Penicillium olsonii
Penicillium
polonicum
Penicillium
rugulosum
Penicillium solitum
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus
fumigatus
Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus
versicolor
Absidia corymbifera
Coccidioides immitis
Trichoderma viride
Rhizomucor pusillus
Aureobasidium
pullulans
Candida albicans
Chaetomium
globosum
Cryptococcus
Protozoa
pneumocystosis
Non
Environmental 2.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 2.15
Environmental 2.50
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 2.65
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 2.75
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.00
FUNGI
histoplasmosis
Non
Environmental 3.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Non
Non
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
allergen(?)
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
allergen(?)
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergen(?)
allergic alveolitis
allergen(?)
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Non
Non
Non
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 3.30
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergen(?)
allergen(?)
aspergillosis
Non
Non
Non
Environmental 3.30
Environmental 3.30
Environmental 3.50
FUNGI
FUNGI
aspergillosis
aspergillosis
Non
Non
Environmental 3.50
Environmental 3.50
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
aspergillosis
zygomycosis
coccidioidomycosis
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Non
Non
Non
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
FUNGI
Non
Environmental 5.00
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
nonrespiratory
airborne(?)
Non
Environmental 5.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergen(?)
Non
Non
Environmental 5.50
Environmental 5.50
3.00
3.00
3.25
3.25
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.50
3.75
4.00
4.05
4.25
albidus
Cryptococcus
laurentii
Cryptococcus
neoformans
Stachybotris atra
Stachybotris
chartarum
Eurotium
amstelodami
Eurotium
herbariorium
Eurotium rubrum
Scopulariopsis
brevicaulis
Scopulariopsis fusca
Sporothrix schenckii
Botrytis cinera
Mucor plumbeus
Rhizopus stolonifer
Cladosporium
cladosporioides
Cladosporium
herbarum
Cladosporium
sphaerospermum
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium
graminearum
Fusarium
moniliforme
Fusarium solani
Fusarium
sporotrichioides
Helminthosporium
Blastomyces
dermatitidis
Rhodoturula glutinus
Rhodoturula minuta
Rhodoturula
mucilaginosa
Alternaria alternata
Ulocladium botrytis
Ulocladium
chartarum
Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis
Epicoccum nigrum
FUNGI
allergen(?)
Non
Environmental 5.50
FUNGI
FUNGI
cryptococcosis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 5.50
Environmental 5.65
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 5.65
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 5.75
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 5.75
Environmental 5.75
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
onychomycosis
onychomycosis
sporotrichosis
allergic alveolitis
mucormycosis
zygomycosis
Non
Non
Non
Non
Non
Non
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
FUNGI
chromoblastomycosis
Non
Environmental 9.00
FUNGI
chromoblastomycosis
Non
Environmental 9.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
chromoblastomycosis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 9.00
Environmental 11.50
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 11.50
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 11.50
Environmental 11.50
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Environmental 11.50
Environmental 12.47
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
blastomycosis
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Non
Environmental 14.00
Environmental 14.00
Environmental 14.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
allergic alveolitis
Non
Non
Non
Environmental 14.00
Environmental 14.39
Environmental 15.00
FUNGI
allergic alveolitis
Non
Environmental 15.00
FUNGI
FUNGI
paracoccidioidomycosis
allergen(?)
Non
Non
Environmental 18.25
Environmental 20.00
6.00
6.00
6.50
7.00
7.50
8.00
