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ArticleResearch square2021

Association between air pollution in Lima and the high incidence of COVID-19: findings from a post hoc analysis.

Bertha V Vasquez-Apestegui, Enrique Parras-Garrido, Vilma Tapia, Valeria M Paz-Aparicio, Jhojan P Rojas, Odón R Sánchez-Ccoyllo, Gustavo F Gonzales

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Article in Research square, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bertha V Vasquez-ApesteguiCayetano Heredia University.
Enrique Parras-GarridoCayetano Heredia University.
Vilma TapiaCayetano Heredia University.
Valeria M Paz-AparicioCayetano Heredia University.
Jhojan P RojasServicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú.
Odón R Sánchez-CcoylloUniversidad Nacional Tecnólogica de Lima Sur.
Gustavo F GonzalesCayetano Heredia University.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PE

Funding

Building U.S. Research Capacity Through International Environmental Health Science on Air Pollution, Cardiorespiratory Disease, and Alzheimer’s Disease (Research U01)U01TW010107 · FIC · UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA · PI William Checkley, Stella Maria Hartinger · 2015 to 2026
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FIC NIH HHS U01 TW010107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) originated in China in December 2019. Thereafter, a global logarithmic expansion of the cases has occurred. Some countries have a higher rate of infections despite of early implementation of quarantine. Air pollution could be related to the high susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and the associated case-fatality rates (deaths/cases*100). Lima, Peru has the second highest incidence of COVID-19 in Latin America, and it is also one of the cities with highest levels of air pollution in the Region. Methods: This study investigated the association of the levels of PM Results: There were in Lima 128,700 SARS-CoV-2 positive cases, and 2,382 deaths due to COVID-19. The case-fatality rate was 1.93%. Previous exposure to PM Conclusions: the higher rates of COVID-19 in Metropolitan Lima is attributable, among others, to the increased PM

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Air pollutionfatality ratelong-term exposureparticulate mattersocial distancing

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PMID32702735
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