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ArticleOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021

Meteorological factors and incidence of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in Catalonia (Spain): A multi-county study.

Aurelio Tobías, Tomàs Molina, Mario Rodrigo, Marc Saez

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Article in One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aurelio TobíasInstitute of Environmental Assessment and water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
Tomàs MolinaDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Mario RodrigoDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Marc SaezResearch Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
Universitat de Barcelona · ESInstitute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research · ESUniversity of Girona · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transmission of coronaviruses can be affected by several factors, including the climate. Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the urgent need for rapid responses to contain the pandemic, it is essential to understand the role that weather conditions on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We evaluate the influence of meteorological factors on the incidence of COVID-19 during the first wave of the epidemic in Catalonia. We conducted a geographical analysis at the county level to evaluate the association between mean temperature, absolute humidity, solar radiation, and the cumulative incidence of COVID-19. Next, we used a time-series design to assess the short-term effects of meteorological factors on the daily incidence of COVID-19. We found a geographical association between meteorological factors and the cumulative incidence of COVID-19, from the end of March to June 2020, and a lesser extent in the short-term on the daily incidence during the first wave of the epidemic in Spain. Our findings suggest that warm and wet climates may reduce the incidence of COVID-19 in Catalonia. However, policy makers must interpret with caution any COVID-19 risk predictions based on climate information alone.

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