Association between air pollution in Lima and the high incidence of COVID-19: findings from a post hoc analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in the People's Republic of China in December 2019. Thereafter, a global logarithmic expansion of cases occurred. Some countries have a higher rate of infections despite the early implementation of quarantine. Air pollution might be related to high susceptibility to the virus and associated case fatality rates (deaths/cases*100). Lima, Peru, has the second highest incidence of COVID-19 in Latin America and also has one the highest levels of air pollution in the region.

Methods

This study investigated the association of levels of PM_2.5 exposure in previous years (2010-2016) in 24 districts of Lima with cases, deaths and case fatality rates for COVID-19. Multiple linear regression was used to evaluate this as

SUBMITTER: Vasquez-Apestegui BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature