ReviewAstrobiology2022
Spaceflight Virology: What Do We Know about Viral Threats in the Spaceflight Environment?
Review in Astrobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- COVID-19 in Space: Possible Health Risks and Preparedness Guidelines.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Reactivation and Management of Endogenous Latent Herpesviruses in the Spaceflight Environment.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Modeling the risk of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses in microgravity.NPJ microgravity · 2026Article
- Tear Film and Keratitis in Space: Fluid Dynamics and Nanomedicine Strategies for Ocular Protection in Microgravity.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- An early microbial landscape: inspiring endeavor from the China Space Station Habitation Area Microbiome Program (CHAMP).Science China. Life sciences · 2025Article
- Challenges for the human immune system after leaving Earth.NPJ microgravity · 2024Review
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- Longitudinal multi-omics analysis of host microbiome architecture and immune responses during short-term spaceflight.Nature microbiology · 2024Article
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- "Monitoring inflammatory, immune system mediators, and mitochondrial changes related to brain metabolism during space flight".Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Viral activation and ecological restructuring characterize a microbiome axis of spaceflight-associated immune activation.Research square · 2023Article
- Astrovirology: how viruses enhance our understanding of life in the Universe.International journal of astrobiology · 2023Article
- Solar ultraviolet light collector for germicidal irradiation on the moon.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Anti-Human Herpes Virus Type 7 IgG Positivity Rate among Children with Fever and Skin Rash in Diyala Province, Iraq.Archives of Razi Institute · 2023Article
- Host-Associated Phages Disperse across the Extraterrestrial Analogue Antarctica.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
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7 authors.
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Abstract
Viruses constitute a significant part of the human microbiome, so wherever humans go, viruses are brought with them, even on space missions. In this mini review, we focus on the International Space Station (ISS) as the only current human habitat in space that has a diverse range of viral genera that infect microorganisms from bacteria to eukaryotes. Thus, we have reviewed the literature on the physical conditions of space habitats that have an impact on both virus transmissibility and interaction with their host, which include UV radiation, ionizing radiation, humidity, and microgravity. Also, we briefly comment on the practices used on space missions that reduce virus spread, that is, use of antimicrobial surfaces, spacecraft sterilization practices, and air filtration. Finally, we turn our attention to the health threats that viruses pose to space travel. Overall, even though efforts are taken to ensure safe conditions during human space travel, for example, preflight quarantines of astronauts, we reflect on the potential risks humans might be exposed to and how those risks might be aggravated in extraterrestrial habitats.
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