Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xin-Yu Wang, Yu-Qi Zhang, Li-Wen Cai
Summary: Studies show that metropolitan wholesale markets pose high risks for the spread of COVID-19, as seen in Wuhan, China. The research on Beijing, China emphasizes the importance of control strategies based on the temporal and spatial characteristics of wholesale markets.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yazhen Li, Kai Yang, Shanshan Zha, Lingwei Wang, Rongchang Chen
Summary: From March 2020 to June 2021, there were 43 new COVID-19 outbreaks in mainland China, mainly in central, border, and coastal port cities. The main infection route for first generation indigenous patients was contact with imported cases and contaminated goods or environments, while the transmission routes for secondary generation patients included family transmission, indoor social gathering transmission, and nosocomial transmission.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alan P. Pan, Osman Khan, Jennifer R. Meeks, Marc L. Boom, Faisal N. Masud, Julia D. Andrieni, Robert A. Phillips, Yordanos M. Tiruneh, Bita A. Kash, Farhaan S. Vahidy
Summary: The study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics were younger than non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanics, with higher prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. Additionally, minority groups resided in areas with lower median income and higher population density.
Article
Oncology
Alain Mina, Carlos Galvez, Reem Karmali, Mary Mulcahy, Xinlei Mi, Masha Kocherginsky, Michael J. Gurley, Neelima Katam, William Gradishar, Jessica K. Altman, Michael G. Ison, Dean Tsarwhas, Christopher George, Jane N. Winter, Leo I. Gordon, Firas H. Wehbe, Leonidas C. Platanias
Summary: COVID-19 has a serious impact on patients with a history of malignancy. Older age, male gender, and current immunotherapy treatment are associated with shorter survival. Higher platelet counts, ALC, and hemoglobin protect against critical illness and death, while elevated inflammatory markers lead to worse clinical outcomes.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
David E. Singh, Maria-Cristina Marinescu, Miguel Guzman-Merino, Christian Duran, Concepcion Delgado-Sanz, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Jesus Carretero
Summary: The study simulated various mitigation and confinement scenarios for COVID-19 spread in the Madrid metropolitan area using EpiGraph, showing that selective lockdown for individuals over 60 and compliance with face mask usage are crucial factors in reducing deaths and mitigating infection spread.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philippe Lemey, Nick Ruktanonchai, Samuel L. Hong, Vittoria Colizza, Chiara Poletto, Frederik Van den Broeck, Mandev S. Gill, Xiang Ji, Anthony Levasseur, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Marion Koopmans, Adam Sadilek, Shengjie Lai, Andrew J. Tatem, Guy Baele, Marc A. Suchard, Simon Dellicour
Summary: In late summer 2020, more than half of the SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in many European countries resulted from new introductions, and the success in onward transmission of these newly introduced lineages was negatively associated with the local incidence of COVID-19. The widespread dissemination of variants in summer 2020 highlights the threat of viral spread when restrictions are lifted.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Alina-Marilena Lazarescu, Sandro Benichi, Thomas Blauwblomme, Kevin Beccaria, Marie Bourgeois, Charles-Joris Roux, Estelle Vergnaud, Juliette Montmayeur, Philippe Meyer, Jeremie F. Cohen, Martin Chalumeau, Flora Blangis, Gilles Orliaguet
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in the incidence and severity of abusive head trauma (AHT) in the Paris metropolitan area, highlighting the need for increased clinical awareness and preventive actions.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shin-Woo Kim, Seung-Mee Kim, Yu Kyung Kim, Jong-yeon Kim, Yu-Mi Lee, Bong-Ok Kim, Suhyun Hwangbo, Taesung Park
Summary: The COVID-19 outbreak in Daegu, Korea was controlled by the end of March 2020. A retrospective, multicenter cohort study conducted on 7,057 laboratory-confirmed patients revealed that 77% were asymptomatic to mild. Key risk factors for 28-day mortality included age, need for O-2 supply, fever, and underlying health conditions like diabetes and cancer.
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Enrico Ammirati, Laura Lupi, Matteo Palazzini, Nicholas S. Hendren, Justin L. Grodin, Carlo Cannistraci, Matthieu Schmidt, Guillaume Hekimian, Giovanni Peretto, Thomas Bochaton, Ahmad Hayek, Nicolas Piriou, Sergio Leonardi, Stefania Guida, Annalisa Turco, Simone Sala, Aitor Uribarri, Caroline M. Van de Heyning, Massimo Mapelli, Jeness Campodonico, Patrizia Pedrotti, Maria Isabel Barrionuevo Sanchez, Albert Ariza Sole, Marco Marini, Maria Vittoria Matassini, Mickael Vourc'h, Antonio Cannata, Daniel Bromage, Daniele Briguglia, Jorge Salamanca, Pablo Diez-Villanueva, Jukka Lehtonen, Florent Huang, Stephanie Russel, Francesco Soriano, Fabrizio Turrini, Manlio Cipriani, Manuela Bramerio, Mattia Di Pasquale, Aurelia Grosu, Michele Senni, Davide Farina, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Stefania Rizzo, Monica De Gaspari, Francesca Marzo, Jason M. Duran, Eric D. Adler, Cristina Giannattasio, Cristina Basso, Theresa McDonagh, Mathieu Kerneis, Alain Combes, Paolo G. Camici, James A. de Lemos, Marco Metra
Summary: The prevalence of acute myocarditis (AM) in COVID-19 patients is estimated to be between 2.4 and 4.1 per 1000 hospitalized patients. Most cases of AM occur in the absence of pneumonia and are often complicated by hemodynamic instability.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Xinyu Zhou, Yi Song, Hao Jiang, Qian Wang, Zhiqiang Qu, Xiaoyu Zhou, Mark Jit, Zhiyuan Hou, Leesa Lin
Summary: The study analyzed public responses to containment measures during the initial outbreak and resurgence of COVID-19 in China using social media data, finding that there was a decrease in negative sentiments towards lockdown measures and an increase in support for targeted test-trace-isolate strategies during the resurgence period compared to the initial outbreak.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Amol A. Verma, Tejasvi Hora, Hae Young Jung, Michael Fralick, Sarah L. Malecki, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Adina Weinerman, Terence Tang, Janice L. Kwan, Jessica J. Liu, Shail Rawal, Timothy C. Y. Chan, Angela M. Cheung, Laura C. Rosella, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Margaret Herridge, Muhammad Mamdani, Fahad Razak
Summary: In Canada, admission to hospital for COVID-19 is associated with significantly higher mortality, ICU use, and hospital length of stay compared to influenza. However, there is no significant difference in the 30-day readmission rate. Simple risk scores can accurately predict in-hospital mortality for patients with COVID-19.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Israel Lopez-Coto, Xinrong Ren, Anna Karion, Kathryn McKain, Colm Sweeney, Russell R. Dickerson, Brian C. McDonald, Doyeon Y. Ahn, Ross J. Salawitch, Hao He, Paul B. Shepson, James R. Whetstone
Summary: We analyzed airborne measurements of atmospheric CO concentration over a six-year period (2015-2020) and used an inverse model to quantify CO emissions in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Our findings show a decline in CO emissions at a rate of approximately -4.5% per year since 2015 or approximately -3.1% per year since 2016. We also observed a Sunday effect in CO emissions, with lower levels compared to the rest of the week, and a seasonal cycle with no significant variation. The study reveals that the NEI daytime-adjusted emissions are approximately 50% higher than the estimated emissions. Furthermore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant reduction in CO emissions, particularly due to decreased traffic.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Richard Toro A, Francisco Catalan, Francesco R. Urdanivia, Jhojan P. Rojas, Carlos A. Manzano, Rodrigo Seguel, Laura Gallardo, Mauricio Osses, Nicolas Pantoja, Manuel A. Leiva-Guzman
Summary: The study of air quality in urban areas during the COVID-19 pandemic in Santiago, Chile, showed that the reduced traffic emissions during the lockdown significantly lowered the concentrations of NOx, CO, and PM2.5, while O3 concentrations increased. The nonlinear response in pollution levels is likely due to changes in vehicular emission patterns and other sources during the pandemic.
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Environmental Sciences
Debora Souza Alvim, Dirceu Luis Herdies, Sergio Machado Correa, Luana Santamaria Basso, Bushra Khalid, Gabriella Fernandes Prazeres Silva, Gabriel Oyerinde, Nicolli Albuquerque de Carvalho, Simone Marilene Sievert da Costa Coelho, Silvio Nilo Figueroa
Summary: Air pollution, mainly caused by motor vehicles, has a harmful effect on air quality in the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo (MASP), Brazil. This study investigates the effects of pollutants on air quality during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The findings show a decrease in some pollutants while ozone concentrations increased.
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Environmental Sciences
Hemant Kulkarni, Harshwardhan Khandait, Uday W. Narlawar, Pragati Rathod, Manju Mamtani
Summary: The study found that daily air temperature, wind speed, and nationwide lockdown measures are significantly associated with the basic reproduction rate (R-0) of COVID-19. The contribution of nationwide lockdown to the variability in R-0 is over three times stronger as compared to that of temperature and wind speed combined. Therefore, in India, rising temperatures and easing lockdown measures may lead to increased transmissibility of COVID-19.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
