Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant, salient features, high global health concerns and strategies to counter it amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

R Khandia, S Singhal, T Alqahtani, MA Kamal… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Since the appearance in the late of December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly evolving and
mutating continuously, giving rise to various variants with variable degrees of infectivity and …

On the linkage between urban heat island and urban pollution island: Three-decade literature review towards a conceptual framework

G Ulpiani - Science of the total environment, 2021‏ - Elsevier
With the doubling of urban population within the next two decades and the disproportionate
growth of megacities, it is critical to explore the synergism between urban heat and pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

W Ahmed, SL Simpson, PM Bertsch, K Bibby… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level …

Contribution of monocytes and macrophages to the local tissue inflammation and cytokine storm in COVID-19: Lessons from SARS and MERS, and potential …

A Jafarzadeh, P Chauhan, B Saha, S Jafarzadeh… - Life sciences, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The COVID-19-, SARS-and MERS-related coronaviruses share many genomic and
structural similarities. However, the SARS-CoV-2 is less pathogenic than SARS-CoV and …

The research progress of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors from 2020 to 2022

X Pang, W Xu, Y Liu, H Li, L Chen - European journal of medicinal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide. The main protease (M pro) of …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infection localization and severity grading from chest X-ray images

AM Tahir, MEH Chowdhury, A Khandakar… - Computers in biology …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The immense spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has left healthcare systems
incapable to diagnose and test patients at the required rate. Given the effects of COVID-19 …

COVID-19 diagnosis using state-of-the-art CNN architecture features and Bayesian Optimization

MF Aslan, K Sabanci, A Durdu, MF Unlersen - Computers in biology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The coronavirus outbreak 2019, called COVID-19, which originated in Wuhan, negatively
affected the lives of millions of people and many people died from this infection. To prevent …

The spread of COVID-19 virus through population density and wind in Turkey cities

H Coşkun, N Yıldırım, S Gündüz - Science of the Total Environment, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Beyond the contact and respiratory transmission of the COVID-19 virus, it has recently been
reported in the literature that humidity, temperature, and air pollution may be effective in …

Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

Nurture to nature via COVID-19, a self-regenerating environmental strategy of environment in global context

B Paital - Science of the total environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has become the largest pandemic that has
affected 210 countries. Rolling data indicate that 257, 3605 people are infected by the …