International Journal of Biometeorology

, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp 46–56 | Cite as

Further observations on the effect of air ions on influenza in the mouse

  • A. P. Krueger
  • E. J. Reed
  • M. B. Day
  • K. A. Brook
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Abstract

In earlier papers we reported that the course of respiratory infections in mice produced by intranasal instillation of measured amounts of: (1) a fungus, COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS, (2) a bacterium, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE and (3) a virus, PR8 strain of influenza virus was materially affected by the air ion environment. When the challenge dose of influenza virus was administered as an aerosol, as described here, the cumulative mortality rate was completely uninfluenced by shifts in the concentration of positive and negative air ions in the ambient atmosphere and by the accompanying electrical fields. A hypothetical mechanism accounting for the different results obtained with intranasal and aerosol challenge is presented.

Keywords

Influenza Respiratory Infection Influenza Virus Klebsiella Measured Amount 
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Zusammenfassung

In früheren Arbeiten wurde über den Verlauf von Infektionen der Atemwege von Mäusen nach intranasaler Instillation bekannter Mengen (1) des Fungus COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS, (2) KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE und (3) PR8 Influenzavirus berichtet, die durch Luftionen beeinflusst waren. Hier wurde die Dosis von Influenzavirus als Aerosol verabreicht. Die kumulative Mortalitätsrate wurde durch den Wechsel der Konzentrationen von positiven und negativen Luftionen in der Umgebungsatmosphäre und begleitenden elektrischen Feldern nicht beeinflusst. Eine Erklärung für die unterschiedlichen Ergebnisse bei intranasaler und Aerosol-Virusapplikation wird diskutiert.

Resume

Dans des travaux précédents, on a montré que l'évolution de maladies du système respiratoire provoquées chez des souris par l'instillation intranasale de doses déterminées d'agents pathogènes était affectée de façon significative par le taux d'ionisation de l'air ambiant. Il s'agissait d'agents cryptogamiques (COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS), bactériens (KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE) et de virus (lignée PR8 du virus de la grippe). Lorsque la dose minimum de virus grippal est appliquée sous forme d'aérosole — selon la méthode décrite ici — le taux cumulatif de mortalité n'est aucunement influencé par les variations de concentration d'ions positifs ou négatifs de l'air ambiant ni par les champs électriques qui les accompagnent. On développe une hypothèse pour expliquer la diversité des résultats obtenus au moyen des infectations intranasales ou par aérosoles.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. P. Krueger
    • 1
  • E. J. Reed
  • M. B. Day
  • K. A. Brook
  1. 1.The Medical Microbiology and Immunology Division and the Naval Biomedical Research Laboratory of the School of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyUSA

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