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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023

Modeling the Climatic Suitability of COVID-19 Cases in Brazil.

Jéssica Milena Moura Neves, Vinicius Silva Belo, Cristina Maria Souza Catita, Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira, Marco Aurelio Pereira Horta

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Jéssica Milena Moura NevesBiosafety Level 3 Facility, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
Vinicius Silva BeloCentral-West Dona Lindu Campus, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Divinopolis 35501-296, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0183-1175
Cristina Maria Souza CatitaDepartment of Geographic Engineering, Geophysics and Energy, University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6974-1128
Beatriz Fátima Alves de OliveiraRegional Office of Piauí, Fiocruz, Teresina 64001-350, Brazil.
Marco Aurelio Pereira HortaBiosafety Level 3 Facility, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.

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Studies have shown that climate may affect the distribution of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its incidence and fatality rates. Here, we applied an ensemble niche modeling approach to project the climatic suitability of COVID-19 cases in Brazil. We estimated the cumulative incidence, mortality rate, and fatality rate of COVID-19 between 2020 and 2021. Seven statistical algorithms (MAXENT, MARS, RF, FDA, CTA, GAM, and GLM) were selected to model the climate suitability for COVID-19 cases from diverse climate data, including temperature, precipitation, and humidity. The annual temperature range and precipitation seasonality showed a relatively high contribution to the models, partially explaining the distribution of COVID-19 cases in Brazil based on the climatic suitability of the territory. We observed a high probability of climatic suitability for high incidence in the North and South regions and a high probability of mortality and fatality rates in the Midwest and Southeast regions. Despite the social, viral, and human aspects regulating COVID-19 cases and death distribution, we suggest that climate may play an important role as a co-factor in the spread of cases. In Brazil, there are regions with a high probability that climatic suitability will contribute to the high incidence and fatality rates of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.

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climatecoronavirus disease-19humidityprecipitationtemperature

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