No Evidence for Temperature-Dependence of the COVID-19 Epidemic

Tahira Jamil; Intikhab Alam; Takashi Gojobori; Carlos M. Duarte

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00436

No Evidence for Temperature-Dependence of the COVID-19 Epidemic

Tahira Jamil, Intikhab Alam, Takashi Gojobori, Carlos M. Duarte

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Abstract

The pandemic of the COVID-19 extended from China across the north-temperate zone, and more recently to the tropics and southern hemisphere. The hypothesis that COVID-19 spread is temperature-dependent was tested based on data derived from nations across the world and provinces in China. No evidence of a pattern between spread rates and ambient temperature was found, suggesting that the SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely to behave as a seasonal respiratory virus.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Frontiers in Public Health
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00436
State	Published - Aug 26 2020

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