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The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season

The role of atmospheric parameters and aerosols in the transmission of COVID‐19 within tropical Africa, especially during the harmattan season, has been under‐investigated in published papers. The harmattan season within the West African region is associated with significant dust incursion from the...

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Autores principales: Ogunjo, S., Olaniyan, O., Olusegun, C.F., Kayode, F., Okoh, D., Jenkins, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35229057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000521
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author Ogunjo, S.
Olaniyan, O.
Olusegun, C.F.
Kayode, F.
Okoh, D.
Jenkins, G.
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Olaniyan, O.
Olusegun, C.F.
Kayode, F.
Okoh, D.
Jenkins, G.
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description The role of atmospheric parameters and aerosols in the transmission of COVID‐19 within tropical Africa, especially during the harmattan season, has been under‐investigated in published papers. The harmattan season within the West African region is associated with significant dust incursion from the Bodele depression and biomass burning. In this study, the correlation between atmospheric parameters (temperature and humidity) and aerosols with COVID‐19 cases and fatalities within seven locations in tropical Nigeria during the harmattan period was investigated. COVID‐19 infection cases were found to be significantly positively correlated with atmospheric parameters (temperature and humidity) in the southern part of the country while the number of fatalities showed weaker significant correlation with particulate matters only in three locations. The significant correlation values were found to be between 0.22 and 0.48 for particulate matter and −0.19 to −0.32 for atmospheric parameters. Although, temperature and humidity showed negative correlations in some locations, the impact is smaller compared to particulate matter. In December, COVID‐19 cases in all locations showed strong correlation with particulate matter except in Kano State. It is suggested that a reduction in atmospheric particulate matter can be used as a control measure for the spread of COVID‐19.
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spelling pubmed-88650582022-02-27 The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season Ogunjo, S. Olaniyan, O. Olusegun, C.F. Kayode, F. Okoh, D. Jenkins, G. Geohealth Research Article The role of atmospheric parameters and aerosols in the transmission of COVID‐19 within tropical Africa, especially during the harmattan season, has been under‐investigated in published papers. The harmattan season within the West African region is associated with significant dust incursion from the Bodele depression and biomass burning. In this study, the correlation between atmospheric parameters (temperature and humidity) and aerosols with COVID‐19 cases and fatalities within seven locations in tropical Nigeria during the harmattan period was investigated. COVID‐19 infection cases were found to be significantly positively correlated with atmospheric parameters (temperature and humidity) in the southern part of the country while the number of fatalities showed weaker significant correlation with particulate matters only in three locations. The significant correlation values were found to be between 0.22 and 0.48 for particulate matter and −0.19 to −0.32 for atmospheric parameters. Although, temperature and humidity showed negative correlations in some locations, the impact is smaller compared to particulate matter. In December, COVID‐19 cases in all locations showed strong correlation with particulate matter except in Kano State. It is suggested that a reduction in atmospheric particulate matter can be used as a control measure for the spread of COVID‐19. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8865058/ /pubmed/35229057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000521 Text en © 2022 The Authors. GeoHealth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Geophysical Union. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Olaniyan, O.
Olusegun, C.F.
Kayode, F.
Okoh, D.
Jenkins, G.
The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season
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title_full_unstemmed The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season
title_short The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season
title_sort role of meteorological variables and aerosols in the transmission of covid‐19 during harmattan season
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35229057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000521
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