RT Journal Article
T1 Good and bad get together: Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in particulate matter pollution from different fuels
A1 de la Fuente, José
A1 Armas, Octavio
A1 Barroso Arévalo, Sandra
A1 Gortázar, Christian
A1 García-Seco Romero, María Teresa
A1 Buendía Andrés, Aránzazu
A1 Villanueva, Florentina
A1 Soriano, José A.
A1 Mazuecos, Lorena
A1 Vaz Rodrigues, Rita
A1 García Contreras, Reyes
A1 García, Antonio
A1 Monsalve Serrano, Javier
A1 Domínguez Rodríguez, Lucas José
A1 Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, José Manuel
AB Air pollution and associated particulate matter (PM) affect environmental and human health worldwide. The intense vehicle usage and the high population density in urban areas are the main causes of this public health impact. Epidemiological studies have provided evidence on the effect of air pollution on airborne SARS-CoV-2 transmission and COVID-19 disease prevalence and symptomatology. However, the causal relationship between air pollution and COVID-19 is still under investigation. Based on these results, the question addressed in this study was how long SARS-CoV-2 survives on the surface of PM from different origin to evaluate the relationship between fuel and atmospheric pollution and virus transmission risk. The persistence and viability of SARS-CoV-2 virus was characterized in 5 engine exhaust PM and 4 samples of atmospheric PM10. The results showed that SARS-CoV-2 remains on the surface of PM10 from air pollutants but interaction with engine exhaust PM inactivates the virus. Consequently, atmospheric PM10 levels may increase SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk thus supporting a causal relationship between these factors. Furthermore, the relationship of pollution PM and particularly engine exhaust PM with virus transmission risk and COVID-19 is also affected by the impact of these pollutants on host oxidative stress and immunity. Therefore, although fuel PM inactivates SARS-CoV-2, the conclusion of the study is that both atmospheric and engine exhaust PM negatively impact human health with implications for COVID-19 and other diseases
PB Elsevier
SN 0048-9697
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109721
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109721
LA eng
NO de la Fuente, J., Armas, O., Barroso-Arévalo, S., Gortázar, C., García-Seco, T., Buendía-Andrés, A., Villanueva, F., Soriano, J. A., Mazuecos, L., Vaz-Rodrigues, R., García-Contreras, R., García, A., Monsalve-Serrano, J., Domínguez, L., & Sánchez-Vizcaíno, J. M. (2022). Good and bad get together: Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in particulate matter pollution from different fuels. The Science of the total environment, 844, 157241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157241
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025