Optimal temperature zone for the dispersal of COVID-19

dc.creatorHuang, Zhongwei
dc.creatorHuang, Jianping
dc.creatorGu, Qianqing
dc.creatorDu, Pengyue
dc.creatorLiang, Hongbin
dc.creatorDong, Qing
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T20:43:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T18:13:36Z
dc.date.available2020-07-13T20:43:38Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T18:13:36Z
dc.date.created2020-07-13T20:43:38Z
dc.identifier0048-9697
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139487
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/10468
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139487
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3497667
dc.description.abstractIt is essential to know the environmental parameters within which the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can survive to understand its global dispersal pattern. We found that 60.0% of the confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in places where the air temperature ranged from 5 °C to 15 °C, with a peak in cases at 11.54 °C. Moreover, approximately 73.8% of the confirmed cases were concentrated in regions with absolute humidity of 3 g/m3 to 10 g/m3 . SARS-CoV-2 appears to be spreading toward higher latitudes. Our findings suggest that there is an optimal climatic zone in which the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 markedly increases in the ambient environment (including the surfaces of objects). These results strongly imply that the COVID-19 pandemic may spread cyclically and outbreaks may recur in large cities in the mid-latitudes in autumn 2020.
dc.publisherScience Direct
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcereponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTL
dc.sourceinstname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.subjectDispersal
dc.subjectPandemic
dc.titleOptimal temperature zone for the dispersal of COVID-19


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