Assessing the Impacts of Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Pandemic Using Generalized Estimating Equations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Meteorological factors have been proven to affect pathogens; both the transmission routes and other intermediate. Many studies have worked on assessing how those meteorological factors would influence the transmissibility of COVID-19. In this study, we used generalized estimating equations to evaluate the impact of meteorological factors on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by using three outcome variables, which are transmissibility, incidence rate, and the number of reported cases.

Methods

In this study, the data on the daily number of new cases and deaths of COVID-19 in 30 provinces and cities nationwide were obtained from the provincial and municipal health committees, while the data from 682 conventional weather stations in the selected provinces and cities

SUBMITTER: Lin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9284004 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature