Darvas, Béla (2020) Why is SARS-CoV-2 so successful for outbreak? An ecotoxicological perspective. ECOCYCLES, 6 (1). pp. 23-27. ISSN 2416-2140
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Abstract
Synanthropic primary hosts carrying viruses may burden new dangers for humanity. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic presently infected near 2 million humans. Virus characteristics resulted in a successful outbreak due to various reasons: (i) patient are infectious before experiencing symptoms; (ii) carrying hosts might be symptomless, disease outcome in ill patients depends on underlying conditions, age and sex; (iii) intermediate hosts, acting as reservoirs living close contact with humans (e.g., livestock, pets); (iv) possible virus mutations from animal/person to person/person transmission; (v) the virus can spread through the air; (vi) the half-life of the virus is long, reaching some days, thus feces and street dust increase the hazard, and contact spread is also turned into critical.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science / természettudomány > Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában R Medicine / orvostudomány > RA Public aspects of medicine / orvostudomány társadalmi szerepe > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine / közegészségügy, higiénia, betegség-megelőzés R Medicine / orvostudomány > RB Pathology / patológia, kórtan |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Tamas Komives |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2020 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2023 06:48 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/108493 |
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