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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2020 May 19;ciaa575.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa575. Online ahead of print.
Higher Solar Irradiance Is Associated With a Lower Incidence of COVID-19
Mar Guasp[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Carlos Laredo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Xabier Urra[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We studied the relationship between the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), demographical, and climatological measurements in different regions across the world. Lower solar irradiance and higher population density were independent predictors of greater COVID-19 outbreaks. Further studies on the potential protective effect of sunlight over COVID-19 are warranted.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; climatological factors; incidence; solar irradiance.
. 2020 May 19;ciaa575.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa575. Online ahead of print.
Higher Solar Irradiance Is Associated With a Lower Incidence of COVID-19
Mar Guasp[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Carlos Laredo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Xabier Urra[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32426805
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa575
Abstract
We studied the relationship between the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), demographical, and climatological measurements in different regions across the world. Lower solar irradiance and higher population density were independent predictors of greater COVID-19 outbreaks. Further studies on the potential protective effect of sunlight over COVID-19 are warranted.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; climatological factors; incidence; solar irradiance.