The Environment and COVID-19 Transmission: A Perspective
| Autor: | Adewale Allen Sokan-Adeaga, Ayodeji Micheal Sokan-Adeaga, Eniola Deborah Sokan-Adeaga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Biological Sciences
Medical Sciences Public Health medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Natural resource economics business.industry Computer science Public health Perspective (graphical) Tropics Distribution (economics) Disease law.invention Geography Transmission (mechanics) Transmission (telecommunications) law Pandemic medicine Temperate climate Infectious Disease Pandemic Location COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Temperate Environmental Factors Transmission Telecommunications business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health & Biological Sciences; v. 8, n. 1 (2020): Journal of Health and Biological Sciences; 1-6 Journal of Health and Biological Sciences; v. 8, n. 1 (2020): Journal of Health and Biological Sciences; 1-6 Journal of Health & Biological Sciences Centro Universitário Christus (Unichristus) instacron:CHRISTUS |
| ISSN: | 2456-6373 2317-3076 2317-3084 |
| DOI: | 10.22259/ijrsmhs.0507004 |
| Popis: | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a severe public health threat worldwide. Despite the global spread, there is an observed aberration and skewness in the geographic/regional distribution of the disease, with a high preponderance of cases and mortality occurring in the temperate regions compared to the tropics. A plausible explanation for this discrepancy could be linked to variability in environmental factors. Hence, this review discusses succinctly the possible influences of geographic location, temperature/sunlight, relative humidity and building design on the rate of transmission of COVID-19. We postulate that elevated melatonin production in a hot climate, high temperature, adequate vitamin D synthesis from sunlight exposure, high relative humidity and efficient ventilation due to housing design confers innate immunity and adaptive advantage to COVID-19 transmission for populations in the tropics over those in the temperate regions. Hence, we recommend that control studies taking into congnizance the relationship between environment and disease be prioritized. Such studies are important for predicting viral disease spread, in particular if this leads to pandemics like in the case of COVID-19, to aid decisions in public health policies at the global level. level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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