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Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland

Many studies have shown that air pollution may be closely associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19. It has been observed that exposure to air pollution leads to reduced immune response, thereby facilitating viral penetration and replication. In our study, we combined informa...

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Autores principales: Brągoszewska, Ewa, Mainka, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361060
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114181
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description Many studies have shown that air pollution may be closely associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19. It has been observed that exposure to air pollution leads to reduced immune response, thereby facilitating viral penetration and replication. In our study, we combined information on confirmed COVID-19 daily new cases (DNCs) in one of the most polluted regions in the European Union (EU) with air-quality monitoring data, including meteorological parameters (temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, and direction) and concentrations of particulate matter (PM(10) and PM(2.5)), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), nitrogen oxides (NO and NO(2)), ozone (O(3)), and carbon monoxide (CO). Additionally, the relationship between bacterial aerosol (BA) concentration and COVID-19 spread was analyzed. We confirmed a significant positive correlation (p < 0.05) between NO(2) concentrations and numbers of confirmed DNCs and observed positive correlations (p < 0.05) between BA concentrations and DNCs, which may point to coronavirus air transmission by surface deposits on bioaerosol particles. In addition, wind direction information was used to show that the highest numbers of DNCs were associated with the dominant wind directions in the region (southern and southwestern parts).
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spelling pubmed-96550072022-11-15 Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland Brągoszewska, Ewa Mainka, Anna Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Many studies have shown that air pollution may be closely associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19. It has been observed that exposure to air pollution leads to reduced immune response, thereby facilitating viral penetration and replication. In our study, we combined information on confirmed COVID-19 daily new cases (DNCs) in one of the most polluted regions in the European Union (EU) with air-quality monitoring data, including meteorological parameters (temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, and direction) and concentrations of particulate matter (PM(10) and PM(2.5)), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), nitrogen oxides (NO and NO(2)), ozone (O(3)), and carbon monoxide (CO). Additionally, the relationship between bacterial aerosol (BA) concentration and COVID-19 spread was analyzed. We confirmed a significant positive correlation (p < 0.05) between NO(2) concentrations and numbers of confirmed DNCs and observed positive correlations (p < 0.05) between BA concentrations and DNCs, which may point to coronavirus air transmission by surface deposits on bioaerosol particles. In addition, wind direction information was used to show that the highest numbers of DNCs were associated with the dominant wind directions in the region (southern and southwestern parts). MDPI 2022-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9655007/ /pubmed/36361060 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114181 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title_full Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title_fullStr Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title_short Impact of Different Air Pollutants (PM(10), PM(2.5), NO(2), and Bacterial Aerosols) on COVID-19 Cases in Gliwice, Southern Poland
title_sort impact of different air pollutants (pm(10), pm(2.5), no(2), and bacterial aerosols) on covid-19 cases in gliwice, southern poland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361060
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114181
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