ReviewEco-Environment & Health2022
A narrative review on the role of temperature and humidity in COVID-19: Transmission, persistence, and epidemiological evidence.
Review in Eco-Environment & Health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Aerosolization effects on coronavirus infectivity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Bridged Conductive Nanofibrous Membrane Overcoming the Porosity-Conductivity Trade-Off for Electrothermal Air Purification.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Seasonal variation in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in The Netherlands, 2020-2022: statistical evidence for an inverse association with solar radiation and temperature.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Heat Shock Protein 70 in Cold-Stressed Farm Animals: Implications for Viral Disease Seasonality.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Meteorological factors, population immunity, and COVID-19 incidence: A global multi-city analysis.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
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- Decay pattern of SARS-CoV-2 RNA surface contamination in real residences.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association of air pollution and weather conditions during infection course with COVID-19 case fatality rate in the United Kingdom.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- An overview of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and engineering strategies to mitigate risk.Journal of building engineering · 2023Review
- The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation - A global multi-city analysis.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
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Abstract
Since December 2019, the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has become a global pandemic. Understanding the role of environmental conditions is important in impeding the spread of COVID-19. Given that airborne spread and contact transmission are considered the main pathways for the spread of COVID-19, this narrative review first summarized the role of temperature and humidity in the airborne trajectory of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Meanwhile, we reviewed the persistence of the virus in aerosols and on inert surfaces and summarized how the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 is affected by temperature and humidity. We also examined the existing epidemiological evidence and addressed the limitations of these epidemiological studies. Although uncertainty remains, more evidence may support the idea that high temperature is slightly and negatively associated with COVID-19 growth, while the conclusion for humidity is still conflicting. Nonetheless, the spread of COVID-19 appears to have been controlled primarily by government interventions rather than environmental factors.
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