Climatic and environmental factors influencing COVID-19 transmission—an African perspective

AM Mwiinde, E Siankwilimba, M Sakala… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 was decreed by the World Health Organization as a public
health emergency of worldwide concern, the epidemic has drawn attention from all around …

Modeling the Impact of Air Pollution and Meteorological Variables on COVID‐19 Transmission in Western Cape, South Africa

JK Mutinda, AK Langat - International Journal of Mathematics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors that influence COVID‐19 transmission is essential in assessing
and mitigating the spread of the pandemic. This study focuses on modeling the impact of air …

Gaps and Opportunities for Data Systems and Economics to Support Priority Setting for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Sco** …

EA Delight, AA Brunn, F Ruiz, J Gerard, J Falconer… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Climate change alters risks associated with climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSIDs)
with pandemic potential. This poses additional threats to already vulnerable populations …

Assessment of NA‐CORDEX regional climate models, reanalysis and in situ gridded‐observational data sets against the US Climate Reference Network

S Sy, F Madonna, F Serva, I Diallo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate models' capability of reproducing the present climate at both global and regional
scales still needs improvements. The assessment of model performance critically depends …

Association of meteorological factors with COVID-19 during Harmattan in Nigeria

C Ogaugwu, C Mmaduakor… - Environmental Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Harmattan is a season of dry, cold, dusty wind, and haze that is peculiar to West Africa. This
season and COVID-19 share common conditions such as malaise and respiratory issues …

[HTML][HTML] Coughing intensity and wind direction effects on the transmission of respiratory droplets: A computation with Euler–Lagrange method

F Li, G Jiang, T Hu - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies on droplet transmission are needed to understand the infection mechanism of SARS-
CoV-2. This research investigated the effects of coughing intensity and wind direction on …

Assessing the potential seasonality of COVID-19 dynamic in Africa: a mathematical modeling study

Y Montcho, KT Amoussouvi, MN Atchadé… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2025 - Springer
The infection by SARS-CoV-2 appeared for the first time in 2019, and several factors that
influenced its spread remain unclear. Although many studies investigated the seasonality of …

COVID‐19 new cases and environmental factors during wet and dry seasons in West and Southern Africa

GS Jenkins, SM Freire, T Ogunro, D Niang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan Africa has been the last continent to experience a significant number
of cases in the novel Coronavirus (COVID‐19). Studies suggest that air pollution is related to …

[HTML][HTML] Factors predictive of epidemic waves of Covid-19 in Africa during the first two years of the pandemic.

P Wimba, A Diallo, A Klich, L Tshilolo, J Iwaz, JF Étard… - IJID Regions, 2025 - Elsevier
Introduction We have carried out modelling of the Covid-19 epidemic data from validated
databases for 53 African countries. Objective The objective was to study the epidemic wave …

[PDF][PDF] Nonlinear Responses of COVID-19 Incidence Rates to Temperature, Relative Humidity, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Diurnal Temperature Range

H Zhang, J Wang, Z Liang - 2024 - preprints.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted human health and daily life.
Meteorological factors play a crucial role in virus transmission. Understanding these factors …