The Relationships Among Routes of Transmission, Environmental Factors Tolerance, and Mutation Rates of Some RNA Viruses

    August 2025 in “ Al-Iraqia Medical College Journal ”
    Rehab M. Kubba, Rahma Muthana Shanshal, Aisha Muthanna Shanshal, Saad Abdulrahman Hussain
    TLDR Virus infection risk is linked to heat tolerance and size, but decreases with high humidity and mutation rates.
    This study examined the relationships between the pathogenesis of eight RNA viruses and various environmental and physical conditions. The findings indicated that virus susceptibility to infection is directly related to heat tolerance and virus size, while inversely related to high humidity and mutation rates. Additionally, there is a positive relationship between virus size and mutation rates.
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