Observed and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment

S Cheval, C Mihai Adamescu, T Georgiadis… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Various environmental factors influence the outbreak and spread of epidemic or even
pandemic events which, in turn, may cause feedbacks on the environment. The novel …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonality of respiratory viral infections: will COVID-19 follow suit?

A Audi, M AlIbrahim, M Kaddoura, G Hijazi… - Frontiers in Public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory viruses, including coronaviruses, are known to have a high incidence of
infection during winter, especially in temperate regions. Dry and cold conditions during …

COVID-19 transmission in Mainland China is associated with temperature and humidity: A time-series analysis

H Qi, S Xiao, R Shi, MP Ward, Y Chen, W Tu… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has become a pandemic. The influence of meteorological factors on the
transmission and spread of COVID-19 is of interest. This study sought to examine the …

Possible environmental effects on the spread of COVID-19 in China

H Xu, C Yan, Q Fu, K Xiao, Y Yu, D Han… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus, designated as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan,
China and was identified as the causal pathogen of COVID-19. The epidemic scale of …

[HTML][HTML] Climate factors and incidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

A Altamimi, AE Ahmed - Journal of infection and public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Our understanding of climate factors and their links to the Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreaks is incomplete. This study aimed …

Significance of geographical factors to the COVID-19 outbreak in India

A Gupta, S Banerjee, S Das - Modeling earth systems and environment, 2020 - Springer
Recently, the large outbreak of COVID-19 cases all over the world has whacked India with
about 30,000 confirmed cases within the first 3 months of transmission. The present study …

Influence of air pollution and meteorological factors on the spread of COVID-19 in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and air quality during the outbreak

S Sangkham, S Thongtip, P Vongruang - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of weather conditions, air pollutants, and the air quality
index (AQI) on daily cases of COVID-19 in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR). In this …

Coronavirus seasonality, respiratory infections and weather

GL Nichols, EL Gillingham, HL Macintyre… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background The survival of coronaviruses are influenced by weather conditions and
seasonal coronaviruses are more common in winter months. We examine the seasonality of …

Current understanding of the influence of environmental factors on SARS-CoV-2 transmission, persistence, and infectivity

S Kumar, R Singh, N Kumari, S Karmakar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a significant public health
emergency in recent times. It is a respiratory illness caused by the novel virus, severe acute …

A review of the impact of weather and climate variables to COVID-19: In the absence of public health measures high temperatures cannot probably mitigate outbreaks

D Paraskevis, EG Kostaki, N Alygizakis… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The new severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was
first recognized at the end of 2019 and has caused one of the most serious global public …