Yuan Wei , Zhaomin Dong , Wenhong Fan , Kaiqiang Xu , Song Tang , Ying Wang , Fengchang Wu
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Abstract
Since December 2019, the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has become a global pandemic. Understanding the role of environmental conditions is important in impeding the spread of COVID-19. Given that airborne spread and contact transmission are considered the main pathways for the spread of COVID-19, this narrative review first summarized the role of temperature and humidity in the airborne trajectory of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Meanwhile, we reviewed the persistence of the virus in aerosols and on inert surfaces and summarized how the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 is affected by temperature and humidity. We also examined the existing epidemiological evidence and addressed the limitations of these epidemiological studies. Although uncertainty remains, more evidence may support the idea that high temperature is slightly and negatively associated with COVID-19 growth, while the conclusion for humidity is still conflicting. Nonetheless, the spread of COVID-19 appears to have been controlled primarily by government interventions rather than environmental factors.
期刊介绍:
Eco-Environment & Health (EEH) is an international and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal designed for publications on the frontiers of the ecology, environment and health as well as their related disciplines. EEH focuses on the concept of “One Health” to promote green and sustainable development, dealing with the interactions among ecology, environment and health, and the underlying mechanisms and interventions. Our mission is to be one of the most important flagship journals in the field of environmental health.
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EEH covers a variety of research areas, including but not limited to ecology and biodiversity conservation, environmental behaviors and bioprocesses of emerging contaminants, human exposure and health effects, and evaluation, management and regulation of environmental risks. The key topics of EEH include:
1) Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity
Ecological restoration
Ecological safety
Protected area
2) Environmental and Biological Fate of Emerging Contaminants
Environmental behaviors
Environmental processes
Environmental microbiology
3) Human Exposure and Health Effects
Environmental toxicology
Environmental epidemiology
Environmental health risk
Food safety
4) Evaluation, Management and Regulation of Environmental Risks
Chemical safety
Environmental policy
Health policy
Health economics
Environmental remediation