Open AccessRelationship between temperature and relative humidity on initial spread of COVID-19 cases and related deaths in Brazil
Author(s) -
Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto,
Anderson Garcêz,
Gabriel Mello Brunelli,
Flávio Anselmo Olinto,
Marcos Fanton,
Raquel Canuto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.15324
Subject(s) - relative humidity , humidity , covid-19 , relative risk , environmental science , geography , demography , atmospheric sciences , medicine , meteorology , confidence interval , mathematics , statistics , physics , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Climate conditions may influence the transmission of COVID-19. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of temperature and relative humidity on COVID-19 cases and related deaths during the initial phase of the epidemic in Brazil.