Article ; Online: Impact of climate and ambient air pollution on the epidemic growth during COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.
2020 Volume 190, Page(s) 110042
Abstract: ... infection with climate or ambient air pollution could lead to the development of preventive strategies ... of Japan with documented outbreaks of COVID-19. We analyzed data obtained from March 13 to April 6, 2020 ... before the Japanese government declared a state of emergency. The results revealed that the epidemic growth of COVID ...
| Abstract | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapidly spread worldwide in the first quarter of 2020 and resulted in a global crisis. Investigation of the potential association of the spread of the COVID-19 infection with climate or ambient air pollution could lead to the development of preventive strategies for disease control. To examine this association, we conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 28 geographical areas of Japan with documented outbreaks of COVID-19. We analyzed data obtained from March 13 to April 6, 2020, before the Japanese government declared a state of emergency. The results revealed that the epidemic growth of COVID-19 was significantly associated with increase in daily temperature or sunshine hours. This suggests that an increase in person-to-person contact due to increased outing activities on a warm and/or sunny day might promote the transmission of COVID-19. Our results also suggested that short-term exposure to suspended particles might influence respiratory infections caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Further research by well-designed or well-controlled study models is required to ascertain this effect. Our findings suggest that weather has an indirect role in the transmission of COVID-19 and that daily adequate preventive behavior decreases the transmission. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Activities of Daily Living ; Air Pollution/analysis ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Climate ; Coronavirus ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Disease Outbreaks ; Female ; Humans ; Japan ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-08-12 |
| Publishing country | Netherlands |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 205699-9 |
| ISSN | 1096-0953 ; 0013-9351 |
| ISSN (online) | 1096-0953 |
| ISSN | 0013-9351 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110042 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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