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The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review
Weather conditions may have an impact on SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission, as has been shown for seasonal influenza. Virus transmission most likely favors low temperature and low humidity conditions. This systematic review aimed to collect evidence on the impact of temperature and humidity on COVID-19...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205714 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126665 |
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author | Romero Starke, Karla Mauer, René Karskens, Ethel Pretzsch, Anna Reissig, David Nienhaus, Albert Seidler, Anna Lene Seidler, Andreas |
author_facet | Romero Starke, Karla Mauer, René Karskens, Ethel Pretzsch, Anna Reissig, David Nienhaus, Albert Seidler, Anna Lene Seidler, Andreas |
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description | Weather conditions may have an impact on SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission, as has been shown for seasonal influenza. Virus transmission most likely favors low temperature and low humidity conditions. This systematic review aimed to collect evidence on the impact of temperature and humidity on COVID-19 mortality. This review was registered with PROSPERO (registration no. CRD42020196055). We searched the Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane COVID-19 databases for observational epidemiological studies. Two independent reviewers screened the title/abstracts and full texts of the studies. Two reviewers also performed data extraction and quality assessment. From 5051 identified studies, 11 were included in the review. Although the results were inconsistent, most studies imply that a decrease in temperature and humidity contributes to an increase in mortality. To establish the association with greater certainty, future studies should consider accurate exposure measurements and important covariates, such as government lockdowns and population density, sufficient lag times, and non-linear associations. |
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spelling | pubmed-82965032021-07-23 The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review Romero Starke, Karla Mauer, René Karskens, Ethel Pretzsch, Anna Reissig, David Nienhaus, Albert Seidler, Anna Lene Seidler, Andreas Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Weather conditions may have an impact on SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission, as has been shown for seasonal influenza. Virus transmission most likely favors low temperature and low humidity conditions. This systematic review aimed to collect evidence on the impact of temperature and humidity on COVID-19 mortality. This review was registered with PROSPERO (registration no. CRD42020196055). We searched the Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane COVID-19 databases for observational epidemiological studies. Two independent reviewers screened the title/abstracts and full texts of the studies. Two reviewers also performed data extraction and quality assessment. From 5051 identified studies, 11 were included in the review. Although the results were inconsistent, most studies imply that a decrease in temperature and humidity contributes to an increase in mortality. To establish the association with greater certainty, future studies should consider accurate exposure measurements and important covariates, such as government lockdowns and population density, sufficient lag times, and non-linear associations. MDPI 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8296503/ /pubmed/34205714 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126665 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Romero Starke, Karla Mauer, René Karskens, Ethel Pretzsch, Anna Reissig, David Nienhaus, Albert Seidler, Anna Lene Seidler, Andreas The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title | The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title_full | The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title_short | The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | effect of ambient environmental conditions on covid-19 mortality: a systematic review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205714 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126665 |
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