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

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

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00436

Frontiers in Public Health (Aug 2020)

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

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

Affiliations

Tahira Jamil: Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Tahira Jamil: Red Sea Research Centre (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Intikhab Alam: Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Takashi Gojobori: Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Carlos M. Duarte: Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Carlos M. Duarte: Red Sea Research Centre (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00436
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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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.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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