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IQAir Pathogen Chart
The following is a partial list of airborne
pathogens. To help put all this in perspective - look at the Disease
column and the Microns column. IQAir® will guarantee that they will
filter out at least 99% of everything on this list (everything larger
than 0.3 microns will be filtered at 99.97%) for HealthPro models and
98% for GC series models.
List of Pathogens, Including Allergenic, Toxigenic, and Suspected
Respiratory and Non-Respiratory Pathogens
|
Airborne Pathogen |
Group |
Disease |
Status |
Source |
Size 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 Contagious |
rodents |
0.06 |
|
Togavirus |
VIRUS |
rubella (German measles) |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.063 |
|
Reovirus |
VIRUS |
colds |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.075 |
|
Adenovirus |
VIRUS |
colds |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.08 |
|
Orthomyxovirus - Influenza |
VIRUS |
flu |
Contagious |
Humans, birds |
0.1 |
|
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 Contagious |
Agricultural |
0.23 |
|
Monkeypox |
VIRUS |
monkeypox |
Contagious |
Monkeys |
0.23 |
|
Paramyxovirus |
VIRUS |
mumps |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.23 |
|
Francisella tularensis |
BACTERIA |
tularemia |
Non Contagious |
wild animals |
0.2 |
|
Bordetella pertussis |
BACTERIA |
whooping cough |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.25 |
|
Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
BACTERIA |
pneumonia |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.25 |
|
Chlamydia pneumoniae |
BACTERIA |
pneumonia, bronchitis |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.3 |
|
Chlamydia psittaci |
BACTERIA |
psittacosis |
Non Contagious |
Birds |
0.3 |
|
Klebsiella pneumoniae |
BACTERIA |
opportunistic infections |
Endogenous |
Environmental |
0.4 |
|
Haemophilus influenzae |
BACTERIA |
meningitis |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.43 |
|
Coxiella burnetii |
BACTERIA |
Q Fever |
Non Contagious |
Cattle, sheep |
0.5 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
BACTERIA |
opportunistic infections |
Contagious |
Environmental |
0.57 |
|
Pseudomonas pseudomallei |
BACTERIA |
opportunistic infections |
Non Contagious |
Environmental |
0.57 |
|
Actinomyces israelii |
BACTERIA |
actinomycosis |
Endogenous |
Humans |
0.6 |
|
Legionella parisiensis |
BACTERIA |
pneumonia(?) |
Non Contagious |
Environmental |
0.6 |
|
Legionella pneumophila |
BACTERIA |
LD, Pontiac fever |
Non Contagious |
Environmental |
0.6 |
|
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 cepacia |
BACTERIA |
nonrespiratory airborne(?) |
Non Contagious |
Environmental |
0.77 |
|
Pseudomonas mallei |
BACTERIA |
opportunistic infections |
Non Contagious |
Environmental |
0.77 |
|
Enterobacter cloacae |
BACTERIA |
nonrespiratory airborne(?) |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.8 |
|
Enterococcus |
BACTERIA |
nonrespiratory airborne(?) |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.8 |
|
Neisseria meningitidis |
BACTERIA |
meningitis |
Endogenous |
Humans |
0.8 |
|
Streptococcus faecalis |
BACTERIA |
nonrespiratory airborne(?) |
Contagious |
Humans |
0.8 |
|
Streptococcus pyogenes |
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