Environmental factors influencing COVID-19 incidence and severity

AK Weaver, JR Head, CF Gould… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Emerging evidence supports a link between environmental factors—including air pollution
and chemical exposures, climate, and the built environment—and severe acute respiratory …

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spreading under the influence of environmental factors and strategies to tackle the pandemic: A systematic review

Z Asif, Z Chen, S Stranges, X Zhao, R Sadiq… - Sustainable cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is deemed as the most critical world health calamity of the 21st century, leading to
dramatic life loss. There is a pressing need to understand the multi-stage dynamics …

Municipal and neighbourhood level wastewater surveillance and subtyping of an influenza virus outbreak

E Mercier, PM D'Aoust, O Thakali, N Hegazy, JJ Jia… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recurrent influenza epidemics and pandemic potential are significant risks to global health.
Public health authorities use clinical surveillance to locate and monitor influenza and …

The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation–A global multi-city analysis

L Nottmeyer, B Armstrong, R Lowe, S Abbott… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and aim The associations between COVID-19 transmission and meteorological
factors are scientifically debated. Several studies have been conducted worldwide, with …

COVID-19 seasonality in temperate countries

F D'Amico, M Marmiere, B Righetti, T Scquizzato… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction While the beneficial effect of vaccination, restrictive measures, and social
distancing in reducing mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 is intuitive and taken for granted …

Seasonal variation in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in temperate climates: A Bayesian modelling study in 143 European regions

T Gavenčiak, JT Monrad, G Leech… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Although seasonal variation has a known influence on the transmission of several
respiratory viral infections, its role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission remains unclear. While there …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing and modeling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA. 1 and BA. 2, France, September 2021–February 2022

MT Sofonea, B Roquebert, V Foulongne… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract We analyzed 324,734 SARS-CoV-2 variant screening tests from France enriched
with 16,973 whole-genome sequences sampled during September 1, 2021–February 28 …

Economic impact of temperature control during food transportation—a COVID-19 perspective

E Skawińska, RI Zalewski - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Temperature fluctuation and abuse in the food cold chain (FCC) is becoming an increasingly
crucial factor in the process of food production and for the logistic business, especially in …

A universal SARS‐CoV DNA vaccine inducing highly cross‐reactive neutralizing antibodies and T cells

S Appelberg, G Ahlén, J Yan, N Nikouyan… - EMBO Molecular …, 2022 - embopress.org
New variants in the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic are more contagious (Alpha/Delta), evade
neutralizing antibodies (Beta), or both (Omicron). This poses a challenge in vaccine …

Potential impact of annual vaccination with reformulated COVID-19 vaccines: lessons from the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub

S Jung, SL Loo, E Howerton, L Contamin… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to cause significant
hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. Its continued burden and the impact of …