Pulmonary Circulation (Apr 2022)
Visibility, wind speed, and dew point temperature are important factors in SARS‐CoV‐2 transmissibility
- Dansha Zhou,
- Elizabeth W. Wang,
- Chi Hou,
- Jing Liao,
- Jiarui Zhang,
- Xin Fu,
- Jiyuan Chen,
- Yue Xing,
- Wei Hong,
- Zhe Zhang,
- Yuanwei Chen,
- Huazhuo Feng,
- Yilin Chen,
- Qifeng Yang,
- Huosheng Zhang,
- Zicong Li,
- Weici Feng,
- Ting Wang,
- Ziying Lin,
- Chenting Zhang,
- Kai Yang,
- Wenju Lu,
- Jian Wang,
- Yuqin Chen
Affiliations
- Dansha Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Elizabeth W. Wang
- Department of Infectious Diseases University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Towson Maryland USA
- Chi Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Jing Liao
- School of Medicine Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen China
- Jiarui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Xin Fu
- GMU‐GIBH Joint School of Life Sciences Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Jiyuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Yue Xing
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Wei Hong
- GMU‐GIBH Joint School of Life Sciences Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Zhe Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Yuanwei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Huazhuo Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Yilin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Qifeng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Huosheng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Zicong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Weici Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Ting Wang
- Department of Respiratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Chongqing China
- Ziying Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Chenting Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Kai Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Wenju Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Jian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Yuqin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Vascular Disease, Guangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.12081
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract The aim of this study is to provide evidence for the influencing factors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐COV‐2) virus mutation by determining the impact of geographical and meteorological factors on SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission, and the different impacts of SARS‐CoV‐2 variant strains. From January 20 to March 10, 2020, we collected a number of daily confirmed new cases and meteorological factors in all cities and regions in China and Italy affected by the Alpha “variants of concern” (VOC). We also collected the daily confirmed cases of the Delta VOC infection in China and Italy from May 21 to November 30, 2021. The relationships between daily meteorological data and daily verified new cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission were then investigated using a general additive model (GAM) with a log link function and Poisson family. The results revealed that latitude was substantially connected with daily confirmed new instances of the Alpha VOC, while there was no such correlation with Delta VOC transmission. When visibility is greater than 7 m, the propagation of the Alpha and Delta VOCs in Italy and China can be controlled. Furthermore, greater temperatures and increased wind speed reduce the transmission of the Alpha and Delta VOCs. In conclusion, geographical and meteorological factors play an important role in SARS‐CoV‐2 transmissibility and should be considered in virus mitigation strategies.
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