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Searching for SARS-COV-2 on Particulate Matter: A Possible Early Indicator of COVID-19 Epidemic Recurrence
| العنوان: | Searching for SARS-COV-2 on Particulate Matter: A Possible Early Indicator of COVID-19 Epidemic Recurrence |
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| المؤلفون: | LEONARDO SETTI, FABRIZIO PASSARINI, GIANLUIGI DE GENNARO, PIERLUIGI BARBIERI, ALBERTO PALLAVICINI, MAURIZIO RUSCIO, PRISCO PISCITELLI, ANNAMARIA COLAO, ALESSANDRO MIANI |
| المساهمون: | Setti, Leonardo, Passarini, Fabrizio, DE GENNARO, Gianluigi, Barbieri, Pierluigi, Pallavicini, Alberto, Ruscio, Maurizio, Piscitelli, Prisco, Colao, Annamaria, Miani, Alessandro |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro: CINECA IRIS |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | COVID-19, Epidemic, Indicator, Particulate Matter, RNA, Relapse |
| الوصف: | A number of nations were forced to declare a total shutdown due to COVID-19 infection, as extreme measure to cope with dramatic impact of the pandemic, with remarkable consequences both in terms of negative health outcomes and economic loses. However, in many countries a "Phase-2" is approaching and many activities will re-open soon, although with some differences depending on the severity of the outbreak experienced and SARS-COV-2 estimated diffusion in the general population. At the present, possible relapses of the epidemic cannot be excluded until effective vaccines or immunoprophylaxis with human recombinant antibodies will be properly set up and commercialized. COVD-19-related quarantines have triggered serious social challenges, so that decision makers are concerned about the risk of wasting all the sacrifices imposed to the people in these months of quarantine. The availability of possible early predictive indicators of future epidemic relapses would be very useful for public health purposes, and could potentially prevent the suspension of entire national economic systems. On 16 March, a Position Paper launched by the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) hypothesized for the first time a possible link between the dramatic impact of COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy and the high concentrations of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) that characterize this area, along with its well-known specific climatic conditions. Thereafter, a survey carried out in the U.S. by the Harvard School of Public Health suggested a strong association between increases in particulate matter concentration and mortality rates due to COVID-19. The presence of SARS-COV-2 RNA on the particulate matter of Bergamo, which is not far from Milan and represents the epicenter of the Italian epidemic, seems to confirm (at least in case of atmospheric stability and high PM concentrations, as it usually occurs in Northern Italy) that the virus can create clusters with the particles and be carried and detected on PM10. Although no ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/32344853; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000535745400010; volume:17; issue:9; firstpage:2986; lastpage:2990; numberofpages:5; journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; https://hdl.handle.net/11586/289961 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17092986 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/11586/289961 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17092986 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Searching+for+SARS-COV-2+on+Particulate+Matter:+A+Possible+Early+Indicator+of+COVID-19+Epidemic+Recurrence https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/8/2932 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A01E9C9D |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17092986 |
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