Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study

Background: Environmental factors play a central role in seasonal epidemics. SARS-CoV-2 infection in Spain has shown a heterogeneous geographical pattern This study aimed to assess the influence of several climatic factors on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of COVID-19 among the Spani...

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Autores: Muñoz Cacho, Pedro, Hernández Hernández, José Luis|||0000-0002-6585-8847, López Hoyos, Marcos|||0000-0003-0562-427X, Martínez Taboada, Víctor Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/24759
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/24759
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Climatic factors
SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19
Ultraviolet radiation
Temperature
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spelling Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological studyMuñoz Cacho, PedroHernández Hernández, José Luis|||0000-0002-6585-8847López Hoyos, Marcos|||0000-0003-0562-427XMartínez Taboada, Víctor ManuelClimatic factorsSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19Ultraviolet radiationTemperatureBackground: Environmental factors play a central role in seasonal epidemics. SARS-CoV-2 infection in Spain has shown a heterogeneous geographical pattern This study aimed to assess the influence of several climatic factors on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of COVID-19 among the Spanish Autonomous Communities (AA.CC.). Methods: Data on coronavirus infectivity and severity of COVID-19 disease, as well as the climatic variables were obtained from official sources (Ministry of Health and Spanish Meteorological Agency, respectively). To assess the possible influence of climate on the development of the disease, data on ultraviolet radiation (UVR) were collected during the months before the start of the pandemic. To analyze its influence on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, data on UVR, temperature, and humidity were obtained from the months of highest contagiousness to the peak of the pandemic. Results: From October 2019 to January 2020, mean UVR was significantly related not only to SARS-CoV-2 infection (cumulative incidence -previous 14 days- × 105 habitants, rho = - 0.0,666; p = 0.009), but also with COVID-19 severity, assessed as hospital admissions (rho = - 0.626; p = 0.017) and ICU admissions (rho = - 0.565; p = 0.035). Besides, temperature (February: rho = - 0.832; p < 0.001 and March: rho = - 0.904; p < 0.001), was the main climatic factor responsible for the infectivity of the coronavirus and directly contributed to a different spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the Spanish regions. Conclusions: Climatic factors may partially explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the different Spanish regions. The knowledge of these factors could help to develop preventive and public health actions against upcoming outbreaks of the disease.Springer NatureUniversidad de Cantabria20202020-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/24759Environ Health . 2020 Oct 13;19(1):106reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/247592026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
title Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
spellingShingle Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
Muñoz Cacho, Pedro
Climatic factors
SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19
Ultraviolet radiation
Temperature
title_short Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
title_full Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
title_fullStr Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
title_full_unstemmed Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
title_sort Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Muñoz Cacho, Pedro
Hernández Hernández, José Luis|||0000-0002-6585-8847
López Hoyos, Marcos|||0000-0003-0562-427X
Martínez Taboada, Víctor Manuel
author Muñoz Cacho, Pedro
author_facet Muñoz Cacho, Pedro
Hernández Hernández, José Luis|||0000-0002-6585-8847
López Hoyos, Marcos|||0000-0003-0562-427X
Martínez Taboada, Víctor Manuel
author_role author
author2 Hernández Hernández, José Luis|||0000-0002-6585-8847
López Hoyos, Marcos|||0000-0003-0562-427X
Martínez Taboada, Víctor Manuel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climatic factors
SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19
Ultraviolet radiation
Temperature
topic Climatic factors
SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19
Ultraviolet radiation
Temperature
description Background: Environmental factors play a central role in seasonal epidemics. SARS-CoV-2 infection in Spain has shown a heterogeneous geographical pattern This study aimed to assess the influence of several climatic factors on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of COVID-19 among the Spanish Autonomous Communities (AA.CC.). Methods: Data on coronavirus infectivity and severity of COVID-19 disease, as well as the climatic variables were obtained from official sources (Ministry of Health and Spanish Meteorological Agency, respectively). To assess the possible influence of climate on the development of the disease, data on ultraviolet radiation (UVR) were collected during the months before the start of the pandemic. To analyze its influence on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, data on UVR, temperature, and humidity were obtained from the months of highest contagiousness to the peak of the pandemic. Results: From October 2019 to January 2020, mean UVR was significantly related not only to SARS-CoV-2 infection (cumulative incidence -previous 14 days- × 105 habitants, rho = - 0.0,666; p = 0.009), but also with COVID-19 severity, assessed as hospital admissions (rho = - 0.626; p = 0.017) and ICU admissions (rho = - 0.565; p = 0.035). Besides, temperature (February: rho = - 0.832; p < 0.001 and March: rho = - 0.904; p < 0.001), was the main climatic factor responsible for the infectivity of the coronavirus and directly contributed to a different spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the Spanish regions. Conclusions: Climatic factors may partially explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the different Spanish regions. The knowledge of these factors could help to develop preventive and public health actions against upcoming outbreaks of the disease.
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