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Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries

The survival of COVID-19 in different environments may be affected by a variety of weather, pollution, and seasonal parameters. Therefore, the present study aims to conduct an ecological investigation on COVID-19 average growth rate of daily cases and deaths influenced by environmental factors (temp...

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Autores principales: Vali, Mohebat, Hassanzadeh, Jafar, Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza, Hoseini, Mohammad, Dehghani, Samaneh, Maleki, Zahra, Méndez-Arriaga, Fabiola, Ghaem, Haleh
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34024000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14322-6
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author Vali, Mohebat
Hassanzadeh, Jafar
Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza
Hoseini, Mohammad
Dehghani, Samaneh
Maleki, Zahra
Méndez-Arriaga, Fabiola
Ghaem, Haleh
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Hassanzadeh, Jafar
Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza
Hoseini, Mohammad
Dehghani, Samaneh
Maleki, Zahra
Méndez-Arriaga, Fabiola
Ghaem, Haleh
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description The survival of COVID-19 in different environments may be affected by a variety of weather, pollution, and seasonal parameters. Therefore, the present study aims to conduct an ecological investigation on COVID-19 average growth rate of daily cases and deaths influenced by environmental factors (temperature, humidity, and air pollution) using a sample size of adjusted cumulative incidence of daily cases and deaths based on five 60-day periods. Research data was gathered on official websites, including information on COVID-19, meteorological data, and air pollution indicators from December 31, 2019, to October 12, 2020, from 210 countries. Spearman correlation and generalized additive model (GAM) were used to analyze the data. During the observed period, the COVID-19 average growth rate of daily cases (r = −0.08, P =0.151) and deaths (r= −0.09, P = 0.207) were not correlated with humidity. Also, there was a negative relationship between the COVID-19 average growth rate of new cases and deaths with the Air Quality Index (AQI) and wind (new cases and wind: r=−0.25, P= 0.04). Furthermore, the data related to the first and second 60 day of the adjusted cumulative incidence of COVID-19 daily cases and deaths were not associated with humidity and Air Quality Index (AQI). The result of GAM showed the effect of AQI on the average growth rate of COVID-19 new cases and deaths. This study provides evidence for a positive relationship between COVID-19 daily cases, deaths, and AQI. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11356-021-14322-6.
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spelling pubmed-81407522021-05-24 Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries Vali, Mohebat Hassanzadeh, Jafar Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza Hoseini, Mohammad Dehghani, Samaneh Maleki, Zahra Méndez-Arriaga, Fabiola Ghaem, Haleh Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article The survival of COVID-19 in different environments may be affected by a variety of weather, pollution, and seasonal parameters. Therefore, the present study aims to conduct an ecological investigation on COVID-19 average growth rate of daily cases and deaths influenced by environmental factors (temperature, humidity, and air pollution) using a sample size of adjusted cumulative incidence of daily cases and deaths based on five 60-day periods. Research data was gathered on official websites, including information on COVID-19, meteorological data, and air pollution indicators from December 31, 2019, to October 12, 2020, from 210 countries. Spearman correlation and generalized additive model (GAM) were used to analyze the data. During the observed period, the COVID-19 average growth rate of daily cases (r = −0.08, P =0.151) and deaths (r= −0.09, P = 0.207) were not correlated with humidity. Also, there was a negative relationship between the COVID-19 average growth rate of new cases and deaths with the Air Quality Index (AQI) and wind (new cases and wind: r=−0.25, P= 0.04). Furthermore, the data related to the first and second 60 day of the adjusted cumulative incidence of COVID-19 daily cases and deaths were not associated with humidity and Air Quality Index (AQI). The result of GAM showed the effect of AQI on the average growth rate of COVID-19 new cases and deaths. This study provides evidence for a positive relationship between COVID-19 daily cases, deaths, and AQI. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11356-021-14322-6. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-22 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8140752/ /pubmed/34024000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14322-6 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Vali, Mohebat
Hassanzadeh, Jafar
Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza
Hoseini, Mohammad
Dehghani, Samaneh
Maleki, Zahra
Méndez-Arriaga, Fabiola
Ghaem, Haleh
Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title_full Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title_fullStr Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title_full_unstemmed Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title_short Effect of meteorological factors and Air Quality Index on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
title_sort effect of meteorological factors and air quality index on the covid-19 epidemiological characteristics: an ecological study among 210 countries
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34024000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14322-6
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