The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Weather conditions may have an impact on SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission, as has been shown for seasonal influenza. Virus transmission most likely favors low temperature and low humidity conditions. This systematic review aimed to collect evidence on the impact of temperature and humidity on COVID-19 mortality. This review was registered with PROSPERO (registration no. CRD42020196055). We searched the Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane COVID-19 databases for observational epidemiological studies. Two independent reviewers screened the title/abstracts and full texts of the studies. Two reviewers also performed data extraction and quality assessment. From 5051 identified studies, 11 were included in the review. Although the results were inconsistent, most studies imply that a decrease in temperature

SUBMITTER: Romero Starke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature