dc.contributor.author | Gonzales Martinez, Rolando | |
dc.contributor.author | Ravelli, Edsard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-07T11:41:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-07T11:41:28Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-06-28T17:08:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gonzales Martinez, R. Ravelli, E. (2021). Environmental risk factors of airborne viral transmission: Humidity, Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 100432. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1877-5853 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2990521 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: The relationship between specific humidity and influenza/SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands is
evaluated over time and at regional level.
Design: Parametric and non-parametric correlation coefficients are calculated to quantify the relationship
between humidity and influenza, using five years of weekly data. Bayesian spatio-temporal models—with
a Poisson and a Gaussian likelihood—are estimated to find the relationship between regional humidity
and the daily cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the municipalities and provinces of the Netherlands.
Results: An inverse (negative) relationship is observed between specific humidity and the incidence of
influenza between 2015 and 2019. The space-time analysis indicates that an increase of specific humidity
of one gram of water vapor per kilogram of air (1 g/kg) is related to a reduction of approximately 5% in
the risk of COVID-19 infections.
Conclusions: The increase in humidity during the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands may
have helped to reduce the risk of regional COVID-19 infections. Policies that lead to an increase in house-
hold specific humidity to over 6g/Kg will help reduce the spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza
and SARS-CoV-2. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Environmental risk factors of airborne viral transmission: Humidity, Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | 2021 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 7 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2021.100432 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1919082 | |
dc.source.articlenumber | 100432 | en_US |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |