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Mechanistic view on the influence of fluctuations in outdoor temperature on the worsening of the course of the disease and hospitalizations associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave in 2022 in the Tomsk region, Russia
2023-01-05
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that low air temperatures negatively affect the human respiratory system and can suppress protective mechanisms in airways epithelial cells. In this study, we put forward the hypothesis that the ‘compromised airway epithelium’ of infected persons can be extremely sensitive to external influences and therefore can be used as an “indicator” and serve to investigate the impact of low air temperatures...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e192727b-e441-57a2-9c9c-968cec210603
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.01.04.23284173
