Weather Variability and COVID-19 Transmission: A Review of Recent Research.

ABSTRACT: Weather and climate play a significant role in infectious disease transmission, through changes to transmission dynamics, host susceptibility and virus survival in the environment. Exploring the association of weather variables and COVID-19 transmission is vital in understanding the potential for seasonality and future outbreaks and developing early warning systems. Previous research examined the effects of weather on COVID-19, but the findings appeared inconsistent. This review aims to summarize the currently available literature on the association between weather and COVID-19 incidence and provide possible suggestions for developing weather-based early warning system for COVID-19 transmission. Studies eligible for inclusion used ecological methods to evaluate associations between weather

SUBMITTER: McClymont H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825623 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature