Streptococcus pneumoniae Exposed in New Online Video

The IAQ Video Network produces another educational video about environmental dangers due to exposure to indoor air quality contaminants.
 
Jan. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health.  The latest educational video discusses Streptococcus pneumoniae infections and how they may impact human health.

Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a type of Gram-positive bacteria.  It can often be found in the upper respiratory tract of humans, but as with many natural flora, it can become pathogenic under the right conditions and cause pneumonia, paranasal sinusitis and meningitis.

Until 2000, Streptococcus pneumoniae infections caused 100,000-135,000 hospitalizations for pneumonia, 6 million cases of ear infections, and 60,000 cases of invasive disease, including 3300 cases of meningitis.  Disease figures have improved since a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced in 2001.

“Streptococcus pneumoniae is spread from person to person by the inhalation of respiratory droplets from an infected person,” reported Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane and Associates, the company behind the IAQ Video Network and the new public outreach video.  “Persons at higher risk for infection include the elderly, children under 2 years old, blacks, American Indians and Alaska Natives, children who attend group day care centers and persons with underlying medical conditions including HIV infection and sickle-cell disease.  We hope this video helps to educate people about ways to protect their health from this and other indoor air quality (IAQ) contaminants and pathogens.”

To view this video please visit http://www.IAQTV.com or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFE7ijZZYV8



To learn more please visit http://www.cochraneassoc.com, email info@cochraneassoc.com or call (602)510-3179.

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About Cochrane & Associates, LLC & the IAQ Video Network
Cochrane & Associates is a business development, public relations and marketing consulting firm that specializes in the environmental, HVAC, mold and indoor air quality industries. The company has worked with many of the industries’ leading institutions and companies and continues to be an innovator in the industry. They are also the innovators behind the IAQ Video Network.
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