ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2012
Environmental factors affecting the transmission of respiratory viruses.
Review in Current opinion in virology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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154 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Sub-Saharan Africa during the pre-COVID-19 period (2006-2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Global meta-analysis of short-term associations between ambient temperature and pathogen-specific respiratory infections, 2004 to 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Pooled it
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- Assessment of the Risk Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence between Cats and Dogs in America and Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Humidification of indoor air for preventing or reducing dryness symptoms or upper respiratory infections in educational settings and at the workplace.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- BCSH/BSBMT/UK clinical virology network guideline: diagnosis and management of common respiratory viral infections in patients undergoing treatment for haematological malignancies or stem cell transplantation.British journal of haematology · 2016Guideline
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- Respiratory Viral Co-Infections in SARS-CoV-2 Positive Patients in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Swiss community-based surveillance of respiratory virus co-occurrence in 2022-2024.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Trends and inequalities in acute respiratory tract infections in Indonesia: an application of the World Health Organization's Health Equity Assessment Toolkit.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Rethinking COVID-19 seasonality: A summer respiratory virus in the tropics, contrast to influenza.World journal of virology · 2026Review
- Ecological reshaping of pediatric respiratory pathogen profiles after COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical interventions were lifted: a 5-year interrupted time-series study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Epidemiological characteristics and genetic evolution of rhinovirus in Jining City, 2024-2025.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of cough and associated symptoms among pilgrims in large mass gathering event 2024: a cross-sectional study.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Effects of meteorological factors and atmospheric pollutants on the prevalence of respiratory adenovirus in children in Lanzhou, Northwest China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The prevalence and role of human metapneumovirus in respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of global data.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Survival and transmission fitness of SARS-CoV-2 over the time-of-flight in an aerosolization chamber.Npj viruses · 2025Article
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Abstract
Many viruses are capable of infecting the human respiratory tract to cause disease. These viruses display various transmission patterns among humans; however, they all share the ability to transmit from person to person, and their human transmissibility is influenced by the environment in which pathogen and host meet. This review aims to summarize recent and significant observations regarding the impact of environmental factors such as weather and climate, humidity, temperature, and airflow on the transmission of human respiratory viruses. Where possible, knowledge gaps that require further scientific study will be identified.
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