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So, we conducted a series of statistical analyses to discover the correlation between the two.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We enrolled a total of 47,668 outpatient and hospitalized patients who underwent IgM antibody tests for nine types of respiratory pathogens, namely,\n                      <jats:italic>Legionella pneumophila<\/jats:italic>\n                      type 1 (LP1),\n                      <jats:italic>Mycoplasma pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (MP), Q fever rickettsia (QFR),\n                      <jats:italic>Chlamydia pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (CP), adenovirus (ADV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus A (FluA), influenza virus B (FluB), and parainfluenza virus (PIVs) between January 2014 and December 2022. Monthly measurements were taken for specific air pollutants, including fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), inhalable particulate matter 10 (PM10), ozone (O\n                      <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), nitrogen dioxide (NO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), sulfur dioxide (SO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), and carbon monoxide (CO) at the same periods. The association between different respiratory pathogen infections and major air pollutants was primarily analyzed using Spearman\u2019s correlation analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      MP, LP1, and FluB are correlated with respiratory infections and have been identified as potential causative agents. Elevated levels of O\n                      <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                      were found to augment the incidence of MP infection. We first discovered the positive correlation between SO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      and ADV infection and between CO and LP1 infection. 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