key: cord-301324-2tyl1r2l authors: Zhan, Jing; Liu, Qian S.; Sun, Zhendong; Zhou, Qunfang; Hu, Ligang; Qu, Guangbo; Zhang, Jianqing; Zhao, Bin; Jiang, Guibin title: Environmental impacts on the transmission and evolution of COVID-19 combing the knowledge of pathogenic respiratory coronaviruses() date: 2020-09-09 journal: Environ Pollut DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115621 sha: doc_id: 301324 cord_uid: 2tyl1r2l The emergence of a novel coronavirus named by SARS-CoV-2 during December, 2019, has caused the global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is officially announced to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The increasing burden from this pandemic is seriously affecting everyone’s life, and threating the global public health. Understanding the transmission, survival, and evolution of the virus in the environment will assist in the prevention, control, treatment and eradication of its infection. Herein, we aimed to elucidate the environmental impacts on the transmission and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, based on briefly introducing this respiratory virus. Future research objectives for the prevention and control of these contagious viruses and their related diseases are highlighted from the perspective of environmental science. This review should be of great help to prevent and control the epidemics caused by emerging respiratory coronaviruses (CoVs). Summary: More knowledge on the transmission and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment is urgently needed. was of particular concern, especially in healthcare settings and enclosed spaces. Climate change is becoming a global public health concern due to its impacts on Survival of human coronaviruses 229E and OC43 in suspension 601 and after drying on surfaces: A possible source of hospital-acquired infections Dynamics of infectious disease transmission by inhalable respiratory 604 droplets Epidemiology, genetic 606 recombination, and pathogenesis of coronaviruses The effect of environmental parameters on the survival of airborne infectious agents On 610 the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance of bat coronaviruses in Kenya identifies relatives of human coronaviruses 613 NL63 and 229E and their recombination history Impact of rotavirus 615 and hepatitis A virus by worldwide climatic changes during the period between Review of aerosol transmission of influenza A virus High infectivity and pathogenicity of influenza A 620 virus via aerosol and droplet transmission Aerosol 623 and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1. New Engl Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome 626 coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health 629 concern Infectious disease: The human costs of our environmental errors Environmental engineers and scientists have important roles to play 644 in stemming outbreaks and pandemics caused by enveloped viruses The management of coronavirus infections with particular reference to 647 SARS Evolutionary aspects of recombination in RNA viruses Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation Isolation and 654 characterization of 2019-nCoV-like coronavirus from Malayan Pangolins Structural basis for the recognition of 657 SARS-CoV-2 by full-length human ACE2 Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with 660 China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational 661 study Haze is a risk factor contributing to the rapid spread of respiratory 663 syncytial virus in children Emerging viral mutants in Australia suggest RNA recombination event in 665 the SARS-CoV-2 genome Evidence of airborne 667 transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus