Abstract
Acute respiratory infections are respiratory tract pathologies that interfere with breathing and present with a homogeneous natural history of disease, microorganisms such as viruses or bacteria can cause them. To identify the transmission routes of the viruses associated with ARIs and to describe the environmental factors and their association with the transmission of viral ARIs, a systematic review of the literature was done where the viruses to include and the environmental variables were established. Publications were selected according to the PRISMA model, obtaining from a total of 3,055 articles 107 articles that were analyzed in two arms. In one arm, the transmission routes of the viruses chosen for this study were described; in the other arm, the environmental variables and their association with the transmission of each virus were analyzed. As a result, we present the differentiation between seasonally transmitted viruses and viruses that increase the severity of the cases. Also, with the climate variables chosen, we found that at lower temperatures and humidity, the half-life of the viruses increases. Finally, the association between the increase in particulate matter and the contagion and mortality rate for all viruses was identified. The importance of knowing these associations for each virus allows us to take appropriate public health measures promptly and generate predictive models for early attention to public health emergencies.
Presenters
Sebastian Beltran PrietoStudent, Medical Doctor, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Human Impacts and Responsibility
KEYWORDS
Public health, Respiratory disease, Epidemiology, Climate change, Enviroment
