Ravindra Khaiwal, Goyal Akshi, Mor Suman
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
Sustain Cities Soc. 2021 Jul;70:102887. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102887. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
The fast spread of SARS-CoV-2 presented a worldwide challenge to public health, economy, and educational system, affecting wellbeing of human society. With high transmission rates, there are increasing evidences of COVID-19 spread via bioaerosols from an infected person. The current review was conducted to examine airborne pollen impact on COVID-19 transmission and to identify the major gaps for post-pandemic research. The study used all key terms to identify revenant literature and observation were collated for the current research. Based on existing literature, there is a potential association between pollen bioaerosols and COVID-19. There are few studies focusing the impact of airborne pollen on SARS-CoV-2, which could be useful to advance future research. Allergic rhinitis and asthma patients were found to have pre-modified immune activation, which could help to provide protection against COVID-19. However, does airborne pollen acts as a potent carrier for SARS-CoV-2 transport, dispersal and its proliferation still require multidisciplinary research. Further, a clear conclusion cannot be drawn due to limited evidence and hence more research is needed to show how pollen bioaerosols could affect virus survivals. The small but growing literature review focuses on searching for every possible answer to provide additional security layers to overcome near future corona-like infectious diseases.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的快速传播给全球公共卫生、经济和教育系统带来了挑战，影响着人类社会的福祉。由于传播率高，越来越多的证据表明2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）可通过感染者产生的生物气溶胶传播。本综述旨在研究空气传播花粉对COVID-19传播的影响，并确定大流行后研究的主要差距。该研究使用所有关键术语来识别相关文献，并对当前研究的观察结果进行整理。基于现有文献，花粉生物气溶胶与COVID-19之间可能存在关联。很少有研究关注空气传播花粉对SARS-CoV-2的影响，这可能有助于推动未来的研究。变应性鼻炎和哮喘患者被发现存在预先改变的免疫激活，这可能有助于提供针对COVID-19的保护。然而，空气传播花粉是否作为SARS-CoV-2运输、传播及其增殖的有效载体仍需要多学科研究。此外，由于证据有限，无法得出明确结论，因此需要更多研究来表明花粉生物气溶胶如何影响病毒存活。这篇篇幅短小但数量不断增加的文献综述专注于寻找每一个可能的答案，以提供额外的安全层面，从而克服近期类似冠状病毒的传染病。
