ReviewJournal of environmental and public health2020
Air Microbiome and Pollution: Composition and Potential Effects on Human Health, Including SARS Coronavirus Infection.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Towards Personalization of Indoor Air Quality: Review of Sensing Requirements and Field Deployments.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Acute and chronic exposure to air pollution in relation with incidence, prevalence, severity and mortality of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Pooled it
- Spatial and temporal patterns of public transit aerobiomes.Microbiome · 2026Article
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- Harnessing the Ecological and Genomic Adaptability of the Bacterial Genus Massilia for Environmental and Industrial Applications.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Review
- Genetic sequencing of the airborne fungal spectrum and air quality at a public hospital in Mexico City.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- A Breath of Trouble: Unraveling the Impact of Air Pollution on Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Who inhabits the built environment? A microbiological point of view on the principal bacteria colonizing our urban areas.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Environmental Factors Influencing the Dynamics and Evolution of COVID-19: A Systematic Review on the Study of Short-Term Ozone Exposure.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The growing impact of air quality on lung-related illness: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- Effects of short-term and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and temperature on long recovery duration in COVID-19 patients.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Trace Element and Heavy Metal Levels of Some Ethnobotanically Important Medicinal Plants Used as Remedies in Southern Turkey in Terms of Human Health Risk.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Mechanistic Insights into the Impact of Air Pollution on Pneumococcal Pathogenesis and Transmission.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022Review
- A scientometrics study of the nanomedicines assisted in respiratory diseases.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Impact of the State of Emergency during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 on Asthma Exacerbations among Children in Kobe City, Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The impact of stay-at-home orders on air-quality and COVID-19 mortality rate in the United States.Urban climate · 2021Article
- Applications of laboratory findings in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of COVID-19.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2021Review
- Assessment of Pediatric Admissions for Kawasaki Disease or Infectious Disease During the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Japan.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Air Pollution and Atopic Dermatitis (AD): The Impact of Particulate Matter (PMInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Fungal and bacterial microbiome dysbiosis and imbalance of trans-kingdom network in asthma.Clinical and translational allergy · 2020Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Polluted air poses a significant threat to human health. Exposure to particulate matter (PM) and harmful gases contributes to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including allergies and obstructive lung disease. Air pollution may also be linked to cancer and reduced life expectancy. Uptake of PM has been shown to cause pathological changes in the intestinal microbiota in mice and humans. Less is known about the effects of pollution-associated microbiota on human health. Several recent studies described the microbiomes of urban and rural air samples, of the stratosphere and sand particles, which can be transported over long distances, as well as the air of indoor environments. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on airborne bacterial, viral, and fungal communities and discuss their potential consequences on human health. The current data suggest that bacterial pathogens are typically too sparse and short-lived in air to pose a significant risk for infecting healthy people. However, airborne fungal spores may exacerbate allergies and asthma. Little information is available on viruses including phages, and future studies are likely to detect known and novel viruses with a yet unknown impact on human health. Furthermore, varying experimental protocols have been employed in the recent microbiome and virome studies. Therefore, standardized methodologies will be required to allow for better comparisons between studies. Air pollution has been linked to more severe outcomes of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infections. This may have contributed to severe SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, especially those in China, Northern Italy, Iran, and New York City.
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