Mariana Simões, Jelle Zorn, Lenny Hogerwerf, Guus J M Velders, Lützen Portengen, Miriam Gerlofs-Nijland, Marieke Dijkema, Maciek Strak, José Jacobs, Joost Wesseling, Wilco J de Vries, Suzanne Mijnen-Visser, Lidwien A M Smit, Roel Vermeulen, Lapo Mughini-Gras
Air pollution is a known risk factor for several diseases, but the extent to which it influences COVID-19 compared to other respiratory diseases remains unclear. We performed a test-negative case-control study among people with COVID-19-compatible symptoms who were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, to assess whether their long- and short-term exposure to ambient air pollution (AAP) was associated with testing positive (vs. negative) for SARS-CoV-2. We used individual-level data for all adult residents in the Netherlands who were tested for SARS-CoV-2 between June and November 2020, when only symptomatic people were tested, and modeled ambient concentrations of PM10, PM2...
April 22, 2024: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health