Menon N Gayathri, Mohapatra Sanjeeb
Centre for Research in Nanotechnology and Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower, #15-02, Singapore 138602, Singapore.
Curr Opin Environ Sci Health. 2022 Aug;28:100373. doi: 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100373. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
The coronaviruses are the largest known RNA viruses of which SASR-CoV-2 has been spreading continuously due to its repeated mutation triggered by several environmental factors. Multiple human interventions and lessons learned from the SARS 2002 outbreak helped reduce its spread considerably, and thus, the virus was contained but the emerging mutations burdened the medical facility leading to many deaths in the world. As per the world health organization (WHO) droplet mode transmission is the most common mode of SASR-CoV-2 transmission to which environmental factors including temperature and humidity play a major role. This article highlights the responsibility of environmental causes that would affect the distribution and fate of the virus. Recent development in the risk assessment models is also covered in this article.
冠状病毒是已知最大的RNA病毒，其中严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）由于受到多种环境因素触发而不断发生突变，一直在持续传播。多项人类干预措施以及从2002年非典疫情中吸取的教训，在很大程度上帮助减少了其传播，因此，该病毒得到了控制，但新出现的突变给医疗机构带来了负担，导致全球许多人死亡。根据世界卫生组织（WHO）的说法，飞沫传播是SARS-CoV-2最常见的传播方式，包括温度和湿度在内的环境因素在其中起着主要作用。本文强调了影响病毒分布和归宿的环境因素的作用。本文还涵盖了风险评估模型的最新进展。
