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Could changes in the airborne pollutant particulate matter acting as a viral vector have exerted selective pressure to cause COVID-19 evolution?

Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2021

Baron Yves Muscat

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Air pollution with particulate matter has been implicated in the incidence and the mortality due to COVID-19 infection. The levels of particulate matter have been shown to have decreased after regional and national lockdowns in a number of countries. COVID-19 possesses an elevated reproduction number (R0) due to its high transmission rate. COVID-19 genes have been found adherent to particulate matter which has...

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PMID: 33303307
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110401
PMCID: PMC7679512

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