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Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected most countries of the world. As corona viruses are highly prevalent in the cold season, the question remains whether or not the pandemic will improve with increasing temperatures in the Northern hemisphere. We use data from a primary care registry of almost 15,000...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7309422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01460-1 |
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author | Dzien, Alexander Dzien-Bischinger, Christine Lechleitner, Monika Winner, Hannes Weiss, Günter |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has affected most countries of the world. As corona viruses are highly prevalent in the cold season, the question remains whether or not the pandemic will improve with increasing temperatures in the Northern hemisphere. We use data from a primary care registry of almost 15,000 patients over 20 years to retrieve information on viral respiratory infection outbreaks. Our analysis suggests that the severity of the pandemic will be softened by the seasonal change to summer. |
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spelling | pubmed-73094222020-06-23 Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis Dzien, Alexander Dzien-Bischinger, Christine Lechleitner, Monika Winner, Hannes Weiss, Günter Infection Brief Report The COVID-19 pandemic has affected most countries of the world. As corona viruses are highly prevalent in the cold season, the question remains whether or not the pandemic will improve with increasing temperatures in the Northern hemisphere. We use data from a primary care registry of almost 15,000 patients over 20 years to retrieve information on viral respiratory infection outbreaks. Our analysis suggests that the severity of the pandemic will be softened by the seasonal change to summer. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-06-23 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7309422/ /pubmed/32578052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01460-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Dzien, Alexander Dzien-Bischinger, Christine Lechleitner, Monika Winner, Hannes Weiss, Günter Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title | Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title_full | Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title_fullStr | Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title_full_unstemmed | Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title_short | Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis |
title_sort | will the covid-19 pandemic slow down in the northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? an epidemiological hypothesis |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7309422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01460-1 |
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