Relationship Between the Route of Transmission, Environmental Tolerance, and Mutation Rate of Some RNA Viruses with Their Pathogenicity

    December 2025 in “ Al-Iraqia Medical College Journal ”
    Rehab M. Kubba, Rahma Muthana Shanshal, Aisha Muthana Shanshal, Saad Abdulrahman Hussain
    TLDR Virus infection risk is linked to heat tolerance and size, but decreases with high humidity and mutation rate.
    This study examined the relationship between the pathogenicity 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 rate. Additionally, a positive relationship was found between virus size and mutation rate.
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