ArticleGondwana research : international geoscience journal2023
Wildfire-induced pollution and its short-term impact on COVID-19 cases and mortality in California.
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- Wildfire-Related Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.ACS environmental Au · 2025Review
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- The COVID-19-wildfire smoke paradox: Reduced risk of all-cause mortality due to wildfire smoke in Colorado during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Do wildfires exacerbate COVID-19 infections and deaths in vulnerable communities? Evidence from California.Journal of environmental management · 2023Article
- Assessment of air quality before and during the COVID-19 and its potential health impacts in an arid oasis city: Urumqi, China.Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment : research journal · 2023Article
- Did unprecedented air pollution levels cause spike in Delhi's COVID cases during second wave?Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment : research journal · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown and meteorology on the air quality of Srinagar city: A temperate climatic region in Kashmir Himalayas.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Article
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Abstract
Globally, wildfires have seen remarkable increase in duration and size and have become a health hazard. In addition to vegetation and habitat destruction, rapid release of smoke, dust and gaseous pollutants in the atmosphere contributes to its short and long-term detrimental effects. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as a public health concern worldwide that primarily target lungs and respiratory tract, akin to air pollutants. Studies from our lab and others have demonstrated association between air pollution and COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. However, current knowledge on the impact of wildfire-mediated sudden outburst of air pollutants on COVID-19 is limited. In this study, we examined the association of air pollutants and COVID-19 during wildfires burned during August-October 2020 in California, United States. We observed an increase in the tropospheric pollutants including aerosols (particulate matter [PM]), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO
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