Natural and socio-environmental factors in the transmission of COVID-19: a comprehensive analysis of epidemiology and mechanisms

Z Gong, T Song, M Hu, Q Che, J Guo, H Zhang, H Li… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Purpose of review There are significant differences in the transmission rate and mortality
rate of COVID-19 under environmental conditions such as seasons and climates. However …

A first approach to human biometeorology research in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis

EL Krüger, JPA Gobo, AS Nedel… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This systematic review aims to give an overview of the diversity of research areas related to
human biometeorology in Brazil. The main focus of this paper addresses research trends …

A meta-analysis result: uneven influences of season, geo-spatial scale and latitude on relationship between meteorological factors and the COVID-19 transmission

HL Li, BY Yang, K Liao, N Sun, YC Liu, RF Ma… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Meteorological factors have been confirmed to affect the COVID-19 transmission, but current
studied conclusions varied greatly. The underlying causes of the variance remain unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Confounding amplifies the effect of environmental factors on COVID-19

Z Hao, S Hu, J Huang, J Hu, Z Zhang, H Li… - Infectious Disease …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted human health and socioeconomic
development, posing an enormous public health challenge. Extensive research has been …

Oscillating spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 in the United States

H Jalal, K Lee, DS Burke - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
COVID-19 case rates in the US wax and wane in wave-like patterns over time, but the spatial
patterns of these temporal epidemic waves have not been well characterized. By analyzing …

Seasonality of COVID-19 incidence in the United States

EH Shamsa, A Shamsa, K Zhang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The surges of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) appeared to follow a
repeating pattern of COVID-19 outbreaks regardless of social distancing, mask mandates …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) and meteorological factors on the daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bangkok during 2020–2021, Thailand

S Sangkham, MA Islam, K Sarndhong… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as COVID-19, has
disrupted public health, businesses, and economies worldwide due to its widespread …

Effects of hydrometeorological and other factors on SARS-CoV-2 reproduction number in three contiguous countries of tropical Andean South America: a …

JM Colston, P Hinson, NLH Nguyen, YT Chen, HS Badr… - IJID regions, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused societal disruption globally, and South
America has been hit harder than other lower-income regions. This study modeled the …

[HTML][HTML] A SIR forced model with interplays with the external world and periodic internal contact interplays

A d'Onofrio, J Duarte, C Januário, N Martins - Physics Letters A, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the behavior of a Susceptible-Infected-Recovered seasonally forced model
for endemic childhood infectious diseases in the case where the target population is not …

Descriptive analysis to assess seasonal patterns of COVID-19 and influenza in low-income and middle-income countries in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America

MH Kyaw, JR Spinardi, O Jagun, CF Villalobos… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Understanding disease seasonality can help predict the occurrence of outbreaks
and inform public health planning. Respiratory diseases typically follow seasonal patterns; …