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The Pioneer Fire in the Boise National Forest near Idaho City, ID began in July 2016. (Provided / U.S. Forest Service)
A new study led by the Desert Research Institute in Reno found that wildfire smoke increases susceptibility to to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
DRI teamed with Washoe County Health District and Renown Health to produce the study that was published earlier this week in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
The DRI-led research team set out to examine whether smoke from 2020 wildfires in the Western U.S. was associated with an increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections in Reno.
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