Are high-altitude residents more susceptible to Covid-19 in India? Findings and potential implications for research and policy

S Chakraborty, U Das, U Rathore… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
… In this paper, we study the incidence of COVID-19 and the associated fatality with altitude
using high frequency, district level data from India. To understand the implications of the …

[HTML][HTML] Solar desalination/purification (solar stills, humidification-dehumidification, solar disinfection) in high altitude during COVID19: Insights of gastrointestinal …

SM Parsa, F Norozpour, AH Elsheikh… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
… about the positive or negative effects of the altitude on the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. … body
in high altitude regions which could results in further arguments about disease transmission. …

Low serum erythropoietin levels are associated with fatal COVID-19 cases at 4,150 meters above sea level

A Viruez-Soto, MM López-Dávalos… - Respiratory Physiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… levels in COVID-19 patients at high and low altitudes. Our … help critically ill COVID-19 patients
overcome the disease. … in critical patients with COVID-19 at high altitude. The results of this …

COVID-19 and High altitude-induced hypoxic conditions and its management: A perspective for managing through Yoga.

SJ Gupta, R Tyagi, B Pradhan… - … Online Journal of …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
… Cerebral Edema (HACE) are diseases caused at high altitude, which can be dangerous
to the life of a human being. On the other hand, Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), a common …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with COVID-19 death in a high-altitude peruvian setting during the first 14 months of the pandemic: A retrospective multicenter cohort study …

F Concha-Velasco, AG Moncada-Arias… - … and Infectious Disease, 2023 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 death in a high-altitude Peruvian setting could contribute to the understanding of
the COVID-19 … Here, we describe risk factors for COVID-19 death in three high-altitude health …

Prior Ambulatory Mild Coronavirus Disease 2019 Does Not Increase Risk of Acute Mountain Sickness

E Small, C Phillips, W Bunzel, L Cleaver… - High Altitude …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
… The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the related syndrome
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have infected more than 600 million individuals, with more …

[HTML][HTML] … nifedipine and phosphodiesterase inhibitors: rationale for their utilization as adjunctive countermeasures in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

I Solaimanzadeh - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Analyzing clinical data reported in published studies reveal striking similarities to high
altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) as manifested during the acute hypoxic ventilatory response. …

Altitude as a protective factor from COVID-19

TM Thomson, F Casas, HA Guerrero… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
… As an approach to trace the origin of these high-death rate districts located at high altitude, …
life at high altitude and a lower risk of COVID-19 contagion and death from the disease. We …

High-altitude illness

B Basnyat, DR Murdoch - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
… , commute to altitudes up to 6000 m for work. Large numbers of people travel to high altitudes
for … The deployment of military personnel to high-altitude areas in Asia as part of regional …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral load across different altitudes

E Ortiz-Prado, R Fernandez-Naranjo, JE Vásconez… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
… not directly affected by altitude, but COVID-19 incidence and … such as the prevalence of
chronic diseases, a mostly aging … high altitude, we classified our data as follow: Low altitude (…