Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study

Abstract Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a serious public health concern worldwide. Certain regions of the globe were severely affected in terms of prevalence and mortality than other. Although the cause for this pattern is not clearly understood, lessons learned fr...

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Autores principales:	Sumit Aggarwal, Sivaraman Balaji, Tanvi Singh, Geetha R. Menon, Sandip Mandal, Jayaprakasam Madhumathi, Nupur Mahajan, Simran Kohli, Jasmine Kaur, Harpreet Singh, Kiran Rade, Samiran Panda
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Materias:	COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 transmission Air pollutants Meteorological Parameters Mortality Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene RC963-969 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:55a85b07a7ca4524813d835dd3a1e9ac2021-11-21T12:33:10ZAssociation between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study10.1186/s12940-021-00804-01476-069Xhttps://doaj.org/article/55a85b07a7ca4524813d835dd3a1e9ac2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-021-00804-0https://doaj.org/toc/1476-069XAbstract Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a serious public health concern worldwide. Certain regions of the globe were severely affected in terms of prevalence and mortality than other. Although the cause for this pattern is not clearly understood, lessons learned from previous epidemics and emerging evidences suggest the major role of ecological factors like ambient air pollutants (AAP) and meteorological parameters in increased COVID-19 incidence. The present study aimed to understand the impact of these factors on SARS-CoV-2 transmission and their associated mortality in major cities of India. Methods This study used secondary AAP, meteorological and COVID-19 data from official websites for the period January-November 2020, which were divided into Pre-lockdown (January-March 2020), Phase I (April to June 2020) and Phase II (July to November 2020) in India. After comprehensive screening, five major cities that includes 48 CPCB monitoring stations collecting daily data of ambient temperature, particulate matter PM2.5 and 10 were analysed. Spearman and Kendall’s rank correlation test was performed to understand the association between SARS-CoV-2 transmission and AAP and, meteorological variables. Similarly, case fatality rate (CFR) was determined to compute the correlation between AAP and COVID-19 related morality. Results The level of air pollutants in major cities were significantly reduced during Phase I compared to Pre-lock down and increased upon Phase II in all the cities. During the Phase II in Delhi, the strong significant positive correlation was observed between the AAP and SARS-CoV-2 transmission. However, in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai AAP levels were moderate and no correlation was noticed. The relation between AT and SARS-CoV-2 transmission was inconclusive as both positive and negative correlation observed. In addition, Delhi and Kolkata showed a positive association between long-term exposure to the AAP and COVID-19 CFR. Conclusion Our findings support the hypothesis that the particulate matter upon exceeding the satisfactory level serves as an important cofactor in increasing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and related mortality. These findings would help public health experts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 transmission against ecological variables in India and provides supporting evidence to healthcare policymakers and government agencies for formulating strategies to combat the COVID-19.Sumit AggarwalSivaraman BalajiTanvi SinghGeetha R. MenonSandip MandalJayaprakasam MadhumathiNupur MahajanSimran KohliJasmine KaurHarpreet SinghKiran RadeSamiran PandaBMCarticleCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 transmissionAir pollutantsMeteorologicalParametersMortalityIndustrial medicine. Industrial hygieneRC963-969Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENEnvironmental Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 transmission Air pollutants Meteorological Parameters Mortality Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene RC963-969 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 transmission Air pollutants Meteorological Parameters Mortality Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene RC963-969 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Sumit Aggarwal Sivaraman Balaji Tanvi Singh Geetha R. Menon Sandip Mandal Jayaprakasam Madhumathi Nupur Mahajan Simran Kohli Jasmine Kaur Harpreet Singh Kiran Rade Samiran Panda Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
description	Abstract Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a serious public health concern worldwide. Certain regions of the globe were severely affected in terms of prevalence and mortality than other. Although the cause for this pattern is not clearly understood, lessons learned from previous epidemics and emerging evidences suggest the major role of ecological factors like ambient air pollutants (AAP) and meteorological parameters in increased COVID-19 incidence. The present study aimed to understand the impact of these factors on SARS-CoV-2 transmission and their associated mortality in major cities of India. Methods This study used secondary AAP, meteorological and COVID-19 data from official websites for the period January-November 2020, which were divided into Pre-lockdown (January-March 2020), Phase I (April to June 2020) and Phase II (July to November 2020) in India. After comprehensive screening, five major cities that includes 48 CPCB monitoring stations collecting daily data of ambient temperature, particulate matter PM2.5 and 10 were analysed. Spearman and Kendall’s rank correlation test was performed to understand the association between SARS-CoV-2 transmission and AAP and, meteorological variables. Similarly, case fatality rate (CFR) was determined to compute the correlation between AAP and COVID-19 related morality. Results The level of air pollutants in major cities were significantly reduced during Phase I compared to Pre-lock down and increased upon Phase II in all the cities. During the Phase II in Delhi, the strong significant positive correlation was observed between the AAP and SARS-CoV-2 transmission. However, in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai AAP levels were moderate and no correlation was noticed. The relation between AT and SARS-CoV-2 transmission was inconclusive as both positive and negative correlation observed. In addition, Delhi and Kolkata showed a positive association between long-term exposure to the AAP and COVID-19 CFR. Conclusion Our findings support the hypothesis that the particulate matter upon exceeding the satisfactory level serves as an important cofactor in increasing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and related mortality. These findings would help public health experts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 transmission against ecological variables in India and provides supporting evidence to healthcare policymakers and government agencies for formulating strategies to combat the COVID-19.
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author	Sumit Aggarwal Sivaraman Balaji Tanvi Singh Geetha R. Menon Sandip Mandal Jayaprakasam Madhumathi Nupur Mahajan Simran Kohli Jasmine Kaur Harpreet Singh Kiran Rade Samiran Panda
author_facet	Sumit Aggarwal Sivaraman Balaji Tanvi Singh Geetha R. Menon Sandip Mandal Jayaprakasam Madhumathi Nupur Mahajan Simran Kohli Jasmine Kaur Harpreet Singh Kiran Rade Samiran Panda
author_sort	Sumit Aggarwal
title	Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
title_short	Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
title_full	Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
title_fullStr	Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed	Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study
title_sort	association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with sars-cov-2 transmission and mortality in india: an exploratory study
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/55a85b07a7ca4524813d835dd3a1e9ac
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Association between ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors with SARS-CoV-2 transmission and mortality in India: an exploratory study

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