| Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China | |
Ma, Yueling1; Zhao, Yadong2; Liu, Jiangtao1; He, Xiaotao1; Wang, Bo1; Fu, Shihua1; Yan, Jun3; Niu, JP(牛静萍)1 ; Zhou, Ji4,5; Luo, B(罗斌)1,5,6 | |
| 2020-07-01 | |
| Source Publication | Science of the Total Environment |
| ISSN | 00489697 |
| Volume | 724 |
| Abstract | Meteorological parameters are the important factors influencing the infectious diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and influenza. This study aims to explore the association between Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths and weather parameters. In this study, we collected the daily death numbers of COVID-19, meteorological parameters and air pollutant data from 20 January 2020 to 29 February 2020 in Wuhan, China. Generalized additive model was applied to explore the effect of temperature, humidity and diurnal temperature range on the daily death counts of COVID-19. There were 2299 COVID-19 death counts in Wuhan during the study period. A positive association with COVID-19 daily death counts was observed for diurnal temperature range (r = 0.44), but negative association for relative humidity (r = −0.32). In addition, one unit increase in diurnal temperature range was only associated with a 2.92% (95% CI: 0.61%, 5.28%) increase in COVID-19 deaths in lag 3. However, both 1 unit increase of temperature and absolute humidity were related to the decreased COVID-19 death in lag 3 and lag 5, with the greatest decrease both in lag 3 [−7.50% (95% CI: −10.99%, −3.88%) and −11.41% (95% CI: −19.68%, −2.29%)]. In summary, this study suggests the temperature variation and humidity may also be important factors affecting the COVID-19 mortality. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. |
| Keyword | Additives Atmospheric humidity Temperature Temperature distribution VirusesCOVID-19 Diurnal temperature ranges Effect of temperature Effects of temperature Generalized additive model Meteorological parameters Severe acute respiratory syndrome Temperature variation |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138226 |
| Indexed By | EI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Publisher | Elsevier B.V., Netherlands |
| EI Accession Number | 20201508391602 |
| EI Keywords | Diseases |
| EI Classification Number | 443.1 Atmospheric Properties - 461.9 Biology - 641.1 Thermodynamics - 803 Chemical Agents and Basic Industrial Chemicals |
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| Document Type | 会议论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.lzu.edu.cn/handle/262010/441242 |
| Collection | 公共卫生学院 |
| Corresponding Author | Luo, Bin |
| Affiliation | 1.Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000, China; 2.Sexually Transmitted Disease and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention Branch, Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000, China; 3.Department of General Surgery, Lanzhou University First Affiliated Hospital, Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000, China; 4.Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 5.Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai; 200030, China; 6.Shanghai Typhoon Institute, China Meteorological Administration, Shanghai; 200030, China |
| First Author Affilication | School of Public health |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | School of Public health |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Ma, Yueling,Zhao, Yadong,Liu, Jiangtao,et al. Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China[C]:Elsevier B.V., Netherlands,2020. |
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