The The Relationships Among Routes of Transmissions, Environmental Factors Tolerance and Mutation Rates of Some RNA Viruses
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this study, an attempt was made to determine whether or not there is a connection between the pathogenesis of eight different RNA viruses (SARS-CoV-2, measles, mumps, seasonal influenza, avian influenza, HIV, hepatitis C, and poliovirus) and the environmental and physical conditions that surround them. These conditions included the viruses' ability to withstand heat and humidity, as well as the impact of ultraviolet radiation. The impacts of the acidity factor, the rate of transmission, and the size of the genome. In addition, the viral mutation rates among the studied viruses were investigated. In general, the findings suggested that the following relationships exist: there is a direct relationship between virus susceptibility to infection and its heat tolerance; there is a positive relationship between virus susceptibility to infection and virus size; there is an inverse relationship between virus susceptibility to infection and high humidity; there is an inverse relationship between virus susceptibility to infection and the rate of mutation of the virus; and there is a positive relationship between virus size and the rate of mutation of the virus.
DOI: 10.58564/121
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4413345463