Elevated Ambient Temperature Associated With Reduced Infectious Disease Test Positivity Rates: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Statewide COVID-19 Testing and Weather Across California Counties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From medication usage to the time of day, a number of external factors are known to alter human body temperature (BT), even in the absence of underlying pathology. In select cases, clinical guidance already suggests the consideration of clinical and demographic factors when interpreting BT, such as a decreased threshold for fever as age increases. Recent work has indicated factors impacting BT extend to environmental conditions including ambient temperature. However, the effect sizes of these relationships are often small, and it remains unclear if such relationships result in a meaningful impact on real-world health care practices.

Objective

Temperature remains a common element in public health screening efforts. Leveraging the unique testing and reporting infras

SUBMITTER: Kwok NW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656991 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature