Table 6.

Sixth category of biological hazards at the workplace-raising of dust containing pathogens

Occupations	Raising of dust containing pathogens	Diseases
Building cleaning worker, construction worker, dockworker, farmer and rancher, farmworker, game warden, granary worker, groundskeeper, heating and air conditioning worker, hunter and trapper, pest control worker, repair worker, wildlife biologist	Raising of dust of excreta from rodents	Arenaviral infection, hantavirus infection, Lassa fever, leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, rat bite fever
Bridge painter, construction worker, demolition worker, farmer and rancher, farmworker, gardener, heating and air conditioning worker, roofer	Raising of dust from bird roosts, chicken coops, or bat-inhabited caves in endemic areas	Histoplasmosis
Archeologist, demolition worker, farmer and rancher, hunter and trapper, farmworker	Plowing, digging, or excavation of soil in endemic areas	Blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis

Note. From the webpage of Haz-map: http://www.haz-map.com/infect.htm. Reproduced with permission.