ReviewJournal of asthma and allergy2023
Risk Factors for Respiratory Viral Infections: A Spotlight on Climate Change and Air Pollution.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obesity, Air Pollution, and Epigenetic Modifications as Risk Factors for Asthma Phenotypes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Immediate and delayed effects of thermal stress on fever-associated seizures in children: A time-stratified case-crossover study in Japan.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- A Review of Respiratory Infection Caused by the Human Metapneumovirus: Occurrence, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health Outcomes, and Intervention Strategies.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Impact of greenhouse gases and air pollutants on the incidence and mortality of HBV and HCV in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Age-stratified respiratory viral detection patterns and exploratory environmental associations in a tertiary-care hospital testing cohort in Istanbul, Türkiye.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Ecological reshaping of pediatric respiratory pathogen profiles after COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical interventions were lifted: a 5-year interrupted time-series study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Decoding Weather Fingerprints of Upper Respiratory Pathogens: A One-year Observational Study in Northern Greece.Current microbiology · 2025Observational
- Environmental lag effects and clinical characteristics of pediatric human parainfluenza virus type 3 infections.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Urban environment and RSV: a retrospective observational study of neighbourhood factors associated with the risk of severe disease in the infant population of a metropolitan area, Lyon, France.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Respiratory Viral Detection in Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia During Periods of Major Population Disruptions in Nepal, 2014-2018.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2025Article
- Implications of spatial and seasonal air pollution patterns, socioeconomic disparities, and 15-minute communities for achieving WHO air quality guidelines.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Acute Respiratory Infections on Medical Absenteeism Among Military Personnel: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Association of Weather Variables With Pathogens Contributing to Conjunctivitis Worldwide.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Influenza Epidemiology Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina (2018-2019 vs. 2022-2023).Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Effect of Climate on Viral Respiratory Diseases Among Children Using AI.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Need to Emphasize Inhaler Education in Residency and Fellowship Training in the Era of Climate Change.Journal of graduate medical education · 2024Article
- The Lag -Effects of Air Pollutants and Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Infection Transmission and Severity: Using Machine Learning Techniques.Journal of research in health sciences · 2024Article
- ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Respiratory Infections Assembly.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Impact of climate change on paediatric respiratory health: pollutants and aeroallergens.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
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Abstract
Climate change has both direct and indirect effects on human health, and some populations are more vulnerable to these effects than others. Viral respiratory infections are most common illnesses in humans, with estimated 17 billion incident infections globally in 2019. Anthropogenic drivers of climate change, chiefly the emission of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants from burning of fossil fuels, and the consequential changes in temperature, precipitation, and frequency of extreme weather events have been linked with increased susceptibility to viral respiratory infections. Air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, diesel exhaust particles, and ozone have been shown to impact susceptibility and immune responses to viral infections through various mechanisms, including exaggerated or impaired innate and adaptive immune responses, disruption of the airway epithelial barrier, altered cell surface receptor expression, and impaired cytotoxic function. An estimated 90% of the world's population is exposed to air pollution, making this a topic with high relevance to human health. This review summarizes the available epidemiologic and experimental evidence for an association between climate change, air pollution, and viral respiratory infection.
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