ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2020
Is there an association between the level of ambient air pollution and COVID-19?
Review in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
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- Lung Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammation: A Role for HO-1 and NLRP3 in a COVID-19 Murine Model.Research square · 2026Article
- Ambient Air Pollution and COVID-19 in California.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2026Article
- Consideration of Cardiovascular Morbidities in the Relationship between Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Individual-Level Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure on Disease Outcomes and Hybrid Immune Responses in SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections: A Study of the Yichang COVID-19 Antibody Longitudinal Survey (YC-CALS) in China.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19: consequences of a 3-Year struggle in Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Respiratory symptoms after coalmine fire and pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the Hazelwood Health Study adult cohort.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) among veterans in the airborne hazards and open burn pit registry: a prospective, observational, nested study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Observational
- Natural and socio-environmental factors in the transmission of COVID-19: a comprehensive analysis of epidemiology and mechanisms.BMC public health · 2024Review
- Exercise-Mediated Protection against Air Pollution-Induced Immune Damage: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Future Directions.Biology · 2024Review
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on air particulate matter exposure and heart attacks: a 5-year retrospective cohort study in Taiwan (2017-2021).Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Peculiar weather patterns effects on air pollution and COVID-19 spread in Tokyo metropolis.Environmental research · 2023Observational
- Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 severity: A cohort study in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023Article
- Twitterati on COVID-19 pandemic-environment linkage: Insights from mining one year of tweets.Environmental development · 2023Article
- The effects of contemporaneous air pollution on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.Journal of environmental economics and management · 2023Article
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Particulate Matter Exposure: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Recent developments in the immunopathology of COVID-19.Allergy · 2023Review
- Public face masks wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comprehensive analysis is needed for potential implications.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2022Article
- Listening to bluetooth beacons for epidemic risk mitigation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Visualization and analysis of mapping knowledge domains for the global transition towards clean cooking: a bibliometric review of research output from 1990 to 2020.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Review
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies suggest that environmental factors (e.g., air pollution) can influence the spread and infectivity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, very few papers have investigated or discussed the mechanism behind the phenomenon. Given the fact that pollution will increase as social distancing rules are relaxed, we summarized the current understanding of how air pollution may affect COVID-19 transmission and discussed several possible mechanisms. Air pollution exposure can dysregulate the human immune response and make people more susceptible to infections, and affect infectivity. For example, in response to exposure to air pollution, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 will increase, which is the receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This may increase the efficiency of viral infection. It is also possible that air pollution can facilitate SARS-CoV-2 spread by increasing the transmission, and potentially, SARS-CoV-2 can also survive longer when attached to a pollutant.
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