Regional Association between Mean Air Temperature and Case Numbers of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Lineages throughout the Pandemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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SARS-CoV-2 Variant | Period | New COVID-19 Daily Cases (IQR) | Mean Air Temperature (IQR) |
---|---|---|---|
Ancestral | March 2020–January 2021 | 44 (7–208) | 14.6 (7.5–20.4) °C |
Alpha | February 2021–June 2021 | 111 (37–228) | 12.4 (7.9–17.5) °C |
Delta | July 2021–December 2021 | 114 (70–191) | 17.4 (8.4–22.7) °C |
Omicron BA.1/BA.2 | January 2022–May 2022 | 943 (572–1385) | 9.6 (5.9–14.8) °C |
Omicron BA.4/BA.5 | June 2022–July 2022 | 890 (343–1345) | 27.0 (25.8–28.0) °C |
SARS-CoV-2 Variant | Spearman’s Correlation (95% CI) |
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Ancestral | −0.79 (−0.83 to −0.75; p < 0.001) |
Alpha | −0.63 (−0.72 to −0.52; p < 0.001) |
Delta | −0.41 (−0.52 to −0.28; p < 0.001) |
Omicron BA.1/BA.2 | −0.58 (−0.68 to −0.47; p < 0.001) |
Omicron BA.4/BA.5 | 0.32 (0.08 to 0.53; p = 0.011) |
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Mattiuzzi, C.; Henry, B.M.; Lippi, G. Regional Association between Mean Air Temperature and Case Numbers of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Lineages throughout the Pandemic. Viruses 2022, 14, 1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091913
Mattiuzzi C, Henry BM, Lippi G. Regional Association between Mean Air Temperature and Case Numbers of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Lineages throughout the Pandemic. Viruses. 2022; 14(9):1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091913
Chicago/Turabian StyleMattiuzzi, Camilla, Brandon M. Henry, and Giuseppe Lippi. 2022. "Regional Association between Mean Air Temperature and Case Numbers of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Lineages throughout the Pandemic" Viruses 14, no. 9: 1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091913
APA StyleMattiuzzi, C., Henry, B. M., & Lippi, G. (2022). Regional Association between Mean Air Temperature and Case Numbers of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Lineages throughout the Pandemic. Viruses, 14(9), 1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091913