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Comment
. 2020 Aug;81(2):318-356.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.045. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Regional air pollution persistence links to COVID-19 infection zoning

Antonio Frontera  1 , Claire Martin  2 , Kostantinos Vlachos  3 , Giovanni Sgubin  4
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Comment

Regional air pollution persistence links to COVID-19 infection zoning

Antonio Frontera et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Top panel (A, B): Covid-19 outbreak in China compared to concentration of particulate matter (PM 2.5) (Wikipedia.org;CC BY-SA 4.0). Panel C: Italian distribution of COVID-19 cases. Top right and bottom right panel (D,E): Levels of NO2 air pollutant(Month of December) in China and North Italy (Source: NASA G.I.O.V.A.N.N.I. - see https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/).Bottom panel F: Nitrogen Dioxide pollution map over EUROPE as seen by Copernicus SENTINEL 5P satellite (Jan to Apr 2019).(Credit: ESA - Copernicus SENTINEL 5P CC BY-SA IGO3.0,https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/05/Nitrogen_dioxide_over_northern_Italy).
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  • Decreased in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
    Ciceri F, Ruggeri A, Lembo R, Puglisi R, Landoni G, Zangrillo A; COVID-BioB Study Group. Ciceri F, et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2020 Sep;114(6):281-282. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1785782. Epub 2020 Jun 25. Pathog Glob Health. 2020. PMID: 32584660 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Beijing.
    Tian S, Hu N, Lou J, Chen K, Kang X, Xiang Z, Chen H, Wang D, Liu N, Liu D, Chen G, Zhang Y, Li D, Li J, Lian H, Niu S, Zhang L, Zhang J. Tian S, et al. J Infect. 2020 Apr;80(4):401-406. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.018. Epub 2020 Feb 27. J Infect. 2020. PMID: 32112886 Free PMC article.

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