Understand COVID-19 through Heavy Metals Pollution
Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad *
College of Health and Allied Sciences, St. Joseph University in Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Abdullah Al-Qahtni
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The quick spread of COVID-19 crisis and fast emergence of new variants of it , dissimilar clinical forms from silent to exaggerated ones , misunderstanding of etiologies , mode of transmission, variable effectiveness and side effects of vaccines and absence of comprehensive and efficient treatment protocols , heavy spread in certain continents and on less in others a lot of questions arise from the variables mentioned above need answer. In this review I introduced my hypothesis about origin of COVID-19 , its later variants and the main mode of transmission of the virus, the role of mutagenic heavy metals in emergence and the rising of the pandemic and explained the relationship between COVID-19 and malaria. Scattered information used to compose it. Experimental studies are required to test it.
Keywords: COVID-19, heavy metals, pollution, COVID- variants