ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2026
Wildfire-Season Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Associations with Influenza and Influenza-like-Illness Risk in the Western USA.
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- Multiyear wildfire smoke exposure (MultiWiSE) metrics: a data-driven approach to characterizing episodic PMJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Winter inversions and summer smoke: A season-dependent approach to PM₂.₅ modeling with low-cost sensors in complex terrain.The Science of the total environment · 2026Article
- Assessing the Evidence for Differential Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Across Fires and Populations: A Critical Review of Recent Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- Estimating PM₂.₅-influenza risk using home-school-commute exposure modeling from hourly monitoring data: schoolchildren in Guangzhou, China, 2014-2019.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfluenza remains a significant public health threat with pandemic potential. Understanding environmental factors influencing virus spread and severity is critical, particularly as wildfires become more frequent and intense. While temperature and humidity's roles in virus seasonality and persistence are well understood, the impacts of air pollution ─ especially wildfire-specific particulate matter (PM
objectivesThis study aimed to investigate the association between wildfire PM
methodsWe utilized ILI and influenza data from state health departments in six Western U.S. states (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) from 2010 to 2019. We applied generalized linear distributed lag models to assess the impact of PM
resultsLong-term exposure to wildfire PM DISCUSSION: Our findings underscore a positive association between wildfire-specific PM
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