Assessing the influence of climate on wintertime SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Rachel E. Baker; Wenchang Yang; Gabriel A. Vecchi; C. Jessica E. Metcalf; Bryan T. Grenfell

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-20991-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Assessing the influence of climate on wintertime SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Rachel E. Baker,
Wenchang Yang,
Gabriel A. Vecchi,
C. Jessica E. Metcalf,
Bryan T. Grenfell

Affiliations

Rachel E. Baker: High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Wenchang Yang: Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Gabriel A. Vecchi: High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University
C. Jessica E. Metcalf: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Bryan T. Grenfell: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20991-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the early phase of the pandemic has been driven by high population susceptibility, but virus sensitivity to climate may play a role in future outbreaks. Here, the authors simulate SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in winter assuming climate dependence is similar to an endemic coronavirus strain.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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