Asymmetric Relationship between Ambient Air Temperature and Incidence of COVID-19 in the Human Population.

ABSTRACT: The complexity of transmission of COVID-19 in the human population cannot be overstated. Although major transmission routes of COVID-19 remain as human-to-human interactions, understanding the possible role of climatic and weather processes in accelerating such interactions is still a challenge. The majority of studies on the transmission of this disease have suggested a positive association between a decrease in ambient air temperature and an increase in human cases. Using data from 19 early epicenters, we show that the relationship between the incidence of COVID-19 and temperature is a complex function of prevailing climatic conditions influencing human behavior that govern virus transmission dynamics. We note that under a dry (low-moisture) environment, notably at dew point temperatures

SUBMITTER: Usmani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8922505 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature