Ambient air pollution exposure linked to long COVID among young adults: a nested survey in a population-based cohort in Sweden

Yu, Zhebin; Bellander, Tom; Ljungman, Petter; Eneroth, Kristina; Stafoggia, Massimo; Gruzieva, Olena; Almqvist, Catarina; Andersson, Niklas; Ballardini, Natalia; Bergström, Anna; Björkander, Sophia; Brodin, Petter; Castel, Anna; Ekström, Sandra; Georgelis, Antonios; Hammarström, Lennart; Pan‐Hammarström, Qiang; Hallberg, Jenny; Jansson, Christer; Kere, Maura; Kull, Inger; Lauber, André; Lövquist, Alexandra; Mjösberg, Jenny; Mogensen, Ida; Palmberg, Lena; Pershagen, Göran; Roxhed, Niclas; Schwenk, Jochen M.

doi:10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100608

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“…Recent research has shown promising outcomes in the treatment of post-COVID-19 subjects with fibrotic lung using orally administered corticosteroids ( Myall et al, 2021 ). Additionally, prolonged exposure to PM 2.5 over an extended period may heighten the susceptibility to post-COVID symptoms ( Yu et al, 2023 , Zhang et al, 2023 ). Improving our understanding of cluster-specific mechanistic phenotypes can inform the design of studies aimed at investigating delivery of and susceptibility to inhaled aerosols.…”

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Investigating distributions of inhaled aerosols in the lungs of post-COVID-19 clusters through a unified imaging and modeling approach

Zhang,

Li,

Rajaraman

et al. 2024

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Investigating distributions of inhaled aerosols in the lungs of post-COVID-19 clusters through a unified imaging and modeling approach

Zhang,

Li,

Rajaraman

et al. 2024

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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“…Three studies focused on the consequences of chemical or particulate matter (PM) pollution. Y u et al [ 2 ] investigated the association between long-term exposure to urban air pollution and long COVID in young Swedish adults. Employing dispersion models for PM with aerodynamic diameter <2.5 µm (PM 2.5 ), PM 10 , black carbon (BC) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) at residential addresses, the study identified a significant positive association between PM 2.5 exposure in 2019 and the incidence of long COVID.…”

Section: Micro- and Macro-environments And Respiratory Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly

Delgado-Ortiz,

Çakmakcı Karakaya,

Williams

et al. 2024

ERJ Open Res

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In this article, early career members of the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise a selection of four poster and oral sessions from the Society's 2023 hybrid congress. The topics covered the following areas: micro – and macro-environments and respiratory health, occupational upper and lower airway diseases, selected tobacco and nicotine research, and multimorbidity in people with lung diseases. The topics and studies covered in this review illustrate the broad range of the multifaceted research taking place within Assembly 6, from the identification of indoor and outdoor environmental risk factors for the development and worsening of respiratory diseases to the concerningly increasing use of nicotine products and their health consequences beyond respiratory health and comorbidity in respiratory diseases.

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“…Air pollution has also been associated with L-C19 symptoms’ persistence with patients’ exposure to pollutants being strongly correlated with increased levels of inflammatory cytokines and proteins. Furthermore, the virulence was higher in air polluted areas, with adverse effects on respiratory diseases ( 204 ).…”

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The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches

Gheorghita,

Soldanescu,

Lobiuc

et al. 2024

Front. Immunol.

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been defined as the greatest global health and socioeconomic crisis of modern times. While most people recover after being infected with the virus, a significant proportion of them continue to experience health issues weeks, months and even years after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. This persistence of clinical symptoms in infected individuals for at least three months after the onset of the disease or the emergence of new symptoms lasting more than two months, without any other explanation and alternative diagnosis have been named long COVID, long-haul COVID, post-COVID-19 conditions, chronic COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). Long COVID has been characterized as a constellation of symptoms and disorders that vary widely in their manifestations. Further, the mechanisms underlying long COVID are not fully understood, which hamper efficient treatment options. This review describes predictors and the most common symptoms related to long COVID’s effects on the central and peripheral nervous system and other organs and tissues. Furthermore, the transcriptional markers, molecular signaling pathways and risk factors for long COVID, such as sex, age, pre-existing condition, hospitalization during acute phase of COVID-19, vaccination, and lifestyle are presented. Finally, recommendations for patient rehabilitation and disease management, as well as alternative therapeutical approaches to long COVID sequelae are discussed. Understanding the complexity of this disease, its symptoms across multiple organ systems and overlapping pathologies and its possible mechanisms are paramount in developing diagnostic tools and treatments.

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Ambient air pollution exposure linked to long COVID among young adults: a nested survey in a population-based cohort in Sweden

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Investigating distributions of inhaled aerosols in the lungs of post-COVID-19 clusters through a unified imaging and modeling approach

Investigating distributions of inhaled aerosols in the lungs of post-COVID-19 clusters through a unified imaging and modeling approach

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly

The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches

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