Environmental Impacts on Infectious Disease: A Literature View of Epidemiological Evidence.
Peter D SlyBrittany TrottierAtsuko Ikeda-ArakiDwan VilcinsPublished in: Annals of global health (2022)
The Hokkaido longitudinal children's study has found that exposure to chemicals in early life, such as persistent organic pollutants and per/polyfluorinated compounds, is associated with a range of immunological outcomes such as decreased cord blood IgE, otitis media, wheeze, increased risk of infections and higher risk of food allergy.Epidemiological evidence links exposure to poor air quality to increased severity and mortality of Covid-19 in many parts of the world. Most studies suggest that long-term exposure has a more marked effect than acute exposure.Components of air pollution, such as a newly described combustion product known as environmentally persistent free radicals, induce oxidative stress in exposed individuals. Individuals with genetic variations predisposing them to oxidative stress are at increased risk of adverse health effects from poor air quality.
Keyphrases
- oxidative stress
- cord blood
- early life
- air pollution
- infectious diseases
- coronavirus disease
- particulate matter
- sars cov
- systematic review
- liver failure
- young adults
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- diabetic rats
- induced apoptosis
- gene expression
- respiratory failure
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- genome wide
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- drug induced
- metabolic syndrome
- intensive care unit
- adipose tissue
- climate change
- skeletal muscle
- adverse drug
- heat shock