SynthesisEnvironmental research2021
An updated systematic review on the association between atmospheric particulate matter pollution and prevalence of SARS-CoV-2.
Synthesis in Environmental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Particulate Matter Exposure: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Risk Factors for Respiratory Viral Infections: A Spotlight on Climate Change and Air Pollution.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2023Review
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- Art-science multidisciplinary collaborations to address the scientific challenges posed by COVID-19.Annals of medicine · 2022Article
- Good and bad get together: Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in particulate matter pollution from different fuels.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
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Abstract
On December 31, 2019, the novel human coronavirus (COVID-19) was emerged in Wuhan city, China, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). There is a much controversial debate about the major pathways of transmission of the virus including airborne route. The present work is a systematic literature review (SR) aimed to assess the association of air pollution especially particulate matter pollution in the transmission and acceleration of the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The systematic literature search was performed to identify the available studies published through October 31, 2020 concerning the transmission of the disease and particulate matter air pollution in four international electronic databases. From the results of the included studies, there are suggestions that atmospheric particulate matter pollution plays a role in the SARS-CoV-2 spread, but the literature has not confirmed that it enhances the transmission although some studies have proposed that atmospheric particulate matter can operate as a virus carrier, promoting its spread. Therefore, although PM concentration alone cannot be effective in spreading the COVID-19 disease, other meteorological and environmental parameters including size of particles in ambient air, weather conditions, wind speed, relative humidity (RH) and temperature are involved. Therefore, it is necessary to consider all influencing parameters to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 disease. More studies are required to strengthen the scientific evidence and support more definitive conclusions.
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