Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evide...
Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe
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Damialis, Athanasios , Gilles, Stefanie , Sofiev, Mikhail , Sofieva, Viktoria , Kolek, Franziska , Bayr, Daniela , Plaza, Maria P. , Leier-Wirtz, Vivien , Kaschuba, Sigrid , Ziska, Lewis H. , Bielory, Leonard , Makra, László , del Mar Trigo, Maria , Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia , COVID-19/POLLEN study group and COVID-19/POLLEN study group
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Pollen exposure weakens the immunity against certain seasonal respiratory viruses by diminishing the antiviral interferon response. Here we investigate whether the same applies to the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is sensitive to antiviral interferons, if infection waves coincide with high airborne pol...
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Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe
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Author / Creator
Gilles, Stefanie
Sofiev, Mikhail
Sofieva, Viktoria
Kolek, Franziska
Bayr, Daniela
Plaza, Maria P.
Leier-Wirtz, Vivien
Kaschuba, Sigrid
Ziska, Lewis H.
Bielory, Leonard
Makra, László
del Mar Trigo, Maria
Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
COVID-19/POLLEN study group
COVID-19/POLLEN study group
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7999946
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7999946
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.2019034118
