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Editor, Senior Moderator
Braz J Infect Dis. 2020 May 4. pii: S1413-8670(20)30034-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2020.04.007. [Epub ahead of print]
Will environmental changes in temperature affect the course of COVID-19?
Del Rio C[SUP]1[/SUP], Camacho-Ortiz A[SUP]2[/SUP].
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Abstract
While the outbreak has reached every region of the world, it is undeniable that countries in the southern hemisphere seem to be less affected, where cases have been reported, these have been imported and travel related. We analyzed the climate temperature from various regions according to their current ongoing human-to-human transmission (OHHT) status. We studied 3 groups; Group 1, 10 provinces from China with majority of COVID-19 cases; Group 2, areas where continuous horizontal transmission outside of China had been reported; and group 3, areas where imported cases had been detected and no horizontal transmission had been documented after at least seven days since the first case was reported. The regions without OHHT showed significantly higher temperatures when compared to China and countries with OHHT, with over an 11-degree difference. The average rainfall during the study period was significantly higher in those regions without OHHT when compared to the Chinese provinces with OHHT and the regions with active transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings show statistically significant differences between regions with OHHT of COVID-19 cases compared to those regions without horizontal transmission. This phenomenon could have implications in the behavior of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the following months.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Espa?a, S.L.U.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Temperature
PMID:32380010DOI:10.1016/j.bjid.2020.04.007
Will environmental changes in temperature affect the course of COVID-19?
Del Rio C[SUP]1[/SUP], Camacho-Ortiz A[SUP]2[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
While the outbreak has reached every region of the world, it is undeniable that countries in the southern hemisphere seem to be less affected, where cases have been reported, these have been imported and travel related. We analyzed the climate temperature from various regions according to their current ongoing human-to-human transmission (OHHT) status. We studied 3 groups; Group 1, 10 provinces from China with majority of COVID-19 cases; Group 2, areas where continuous horizontal transmission outside of China had been reported; and group 3, areas where imported cases had been detected and no horizontal transmission had been documented after at least seven days since the first case was reported. The regions without OHHT showed significantly higher temperatures when compared to China and countries with OHHT, with over an 11-degree difference. The average rainfall during the study period was significantly higher in those regions without OHHT when compared to the Chinese provinces with OHHT and the regions with active transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings show statistically significant differences between regions with OHHT of COVID-19 cases compared to those regions without horizontal transmission. This phenomenon could have implications in the behavior of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the following months.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Espa?a, S.L.U.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Temperature
PMID:32380010DOI:10.1016/j.bjid.2020.04.007