INTRODUCTION: Immune system differences are now well documented when comparing those who develop symptoms from COVID-19 to those who show no symptoms (asymptomatic). In order to reverse the increasing trends of viral infections being observed in society today, it is important to not only treat symptoms, but also investigate - Why these immune differences are occurring more frequently than in past years? This website summarizes over 50 peer-reviewed scientific journals that address this question directly, giving insight into environmental factors that significantly weaken immune system function, which in turn increases risk of infection and severity.
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Chemosphere
Vol.272:129564, Jun 2021
Chinese Center for Disease Control
and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Environmental Health
Vol.20:2(1), 2003
School of Public Health
University of California
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Environmental Research
Vol.204:111948, Mar. 2022
Inst. of Public Economics
University of Muenster
Germany
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Science Advances
Vol.6(45),Nov.4,2020
Harvard School of Public Health
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Science of Total Environ.
Vol.726, July 15, 2020
Dept. R Sens. Cartography
Martin-Luther University
Germany
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Industrial Health
Vol.38(3):294-300, Jul, 2000
University G.D'Annunzio
Italy
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Environmental Research
Vol.37(3):44-60
West VA Univ School of Med.
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Toxicological Sciences
Vol.85(2):990-1002, June, 2005
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
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Inter. J Infectious Diseases
Vol.98:191-193, Sep 2020
Mbarara Univ. Science & Tech.
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Particle Fiber Toxicology
Vol.10:16, April 2013
University of North Carolina
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Vol. 11:1905, Aug 26, 2020
University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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Inter. J Molecular Science
Vol.21(17):6351, Sep 2020
Dept of Medicine
University of Alberta, Can
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J Diabetes Complications.
Vol.35(2):107809 Feb 2021
Department of Endocrinology
General Hospital of Central Theater Command
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Gut
Vol.70(4):698-706, Apr 2021
Dept. of Microbiology
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Occupational Environ Med
Vol.53(9):583-5
Sep, 1996
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iScience
Vol.24:12(17), Dec 2021
Ben-Gurion University of Negev
Israel
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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
September 25, 2021
Deptartment of Biology
Shiraz University, Iran
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Virus Research
Vol.209:11-22, Nov. 2015
University of St. Andrews, UK
University of Oxford, UK
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Science
Vol.370(6515), Oct 2020
72 research centers including:
University of Paris, France
NIH (National Inst of Health)
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Science
Vol.370(6515), Oct 2020
73 research groups incl.
University of Paris
NIH - National Inst Health
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Intensive Care Medicine
March 3, 2020
Dept. of Infectious Diseases
Tonji Medical College, China
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Inter J of Infectious Disease
Vol.9:323-330, 2005
Capital Univ. of Med Sciences
China
Center Infectious Diseases
Australia
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American J Clinical Pathology
Vol.121(4):507-511, April, 2004
Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, China
National Research Project SARS
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Genome Mediine
Vol.10:45, June, 2018
Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Institute for Immunity
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Critical Care
Vol.24:298 June, 2020
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Epidemiology & Infection
Vol.134(2):223-230, 2006
Dept. of Public Health,
Shantou Univ. Medical College
University of Hong Kong
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Viruses
Vol.11(3):207, March, 2019
Norwegian Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
University of Helsinki
Dept of Immunology
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Proceedings Natl Acad Science
Vol.112(3):827-832, Jan 5, 2015
Yale University
Dept. of Immunology
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Jrnl of Interferon Research
Vol.8(2):143-50
Indiana University
Dept of Biology
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Occup. & Environ Medicine
Vol.73(3), 2016
Department of Public Health
Leuven, Belgium
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Chemosphere
Vol.174:157-164, May, 2017
Dept of Environ. Education
Kongju National University
Republic of Korea
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Environmental Science & Tech.
Vol.42(5):1445-51, 2008
Dokuz Eylul University
Buca, Ismir, Turkey
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Environmental Research
Vol.3192:355-361, Aug, 1983
Dept of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Louisville, Kentucky
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Cytotechnology
Vol.59(2):113-119, March, 2009
Department of Biology
University of Kafkas, Turkey
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Birth Defect Research
Vol.109(14)1166, 2017
E. VA College Osteopathic Med
VA-MD College Veterinary Med
Washington State University
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American J Infectious Control
Vol.32(2):84-89, 2004
Inst. of Env. Med. & Hosp Epidem.
Freiburg University Hospital, Germany
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J of Am Coll. Cardiology
Vol.49(18):1841, 2007
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, MD
Lead Author: Dr. C. Ruggiero
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Journal of Immunotoxicology
Vol.6(4):285-292, Dec 2009
Department of Chemistry
Tennessee State University
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Open Life Sciences
Vol.17(1):22-31, Jan 29 2022
Department of Physiology
Serampore College, India
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Environmental International
Vol.152:106232, Dec 2021
University of Paris
School of Public Health
Harvard Medical School
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PLOS ONE
Vol.15(12):e0244815
Harvard School of Public Health
Univ. Sothern Denmark
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Comparative Clinical Pathology
Vol. 23(3): 529-534, 2014
Dept. of Basic Sciences
University of Ilam, Iran
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Science of Total Environment
Vol.270:13-20, 2001
Dept of Medicine and Sciences
Univ. of 'G.D'Annunzio, Italy
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Science Total Environment
Vol.407(3):1218, Jan 2009
Univ. of Medena & Reggio Emilia
Italy
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Electromagnetic Biol. Medicine
Vol.36(3):295-305, 2017
Dept of Zoology - Cancer & Radiation
Mizoram University, India
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Industrial Health
Vol.38(3):294-300, July, 2000
Dept of Science
University G.D Annunzio
Italy
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Toxicology
Vol.239(1-2):89-95, 2007
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan
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Allergy
Vol.68(7):870-09, 2013
Kaohsiung Medical University
Taiwan
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Environmental Toxicology
Vol.32(10):2234-2243, 2007
Laboratory of Food Safety
Huaiyin Normal University
China
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Toxicology & Industrial Health
Vol.30(10):926-37, 2014
Faculty of Health Sciences
Akara University, Turkey
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Int J Antimicrobial Agents
Vol.56(6), Dec 2020
Horphag Research, Switzerland
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Maturitas
Vol.143:1-9, Jan 2020
United Arab Emirates Univ.
University of Melbourne, Aus
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International J Hyperthermia
Vol.38(1):202-212, 2021
Dept of Infection & Immunology
Mexico City, Mexico
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Medical Hypothesis
Vol.147:110476, Feb, 2021
Shahid Beheshti University
of Medical Sciences
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Missouri Medicine
Vol.118(1):58-73, Jan-Feb 2021
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Inst.
Kansas City, Missouri
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J Ginseng Res.
Vol.44(2):194–204, Mar 2020
Sungkyunkwan University
Republic of Korea
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Antioxidants
Vol.7(3):41, Mar 2018
Division of Hematology
Maastrcht Univ Medical Center
The Netherlands
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Journal of Nutrit. Environ Med.
Vol.7(3), 1997
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Frontiers in Medicine
May 15, 2020
Department of Pharmacy
University of Naples, Italy
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Computer Biological Medicine
Vol.136:104719, Sep. 2021
Universidad Autónoma
de Baja California, Mexicali, Mex
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