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. 2020 May 7;55(5):2000517.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00517-2020. Print 2020 May.

No association of COVID-19 transmission with temperature or UV radiation in Chinese cities

Ye Yao  1   2 , Jinhua Pan  1   2 , Zhixi Liu  1   2 , Xia Meng  1   2 , Weidong Wang  1 , Haidong Kan  1   2 , Weibing Wang  3   2
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No association of COVID-19 transmission with temperature or UV radiation in Chinese cities

Ye Yao et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

There is no association of COVID-19 transmission with temperature or UV radiation in Chinese cities https://bit.ly/2UWOl7I

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Ye Yao has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Jinhua Pan has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Zhixi Liu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Xia Meng has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Weidong Wang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Haidong Kan has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Weibing Wang has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Temperature and ultraviolet spreadability of coronavirus disease 2019. a) Cumulative incidence rate and basic reproduction number (R0) hold no significant association with the temperature in cities outside and inside Hubei. Relative humidity and ultraviolet effects have been adjusted in the model. b) Cumulative incidence rate and R0 hold no significant associations with ultraviolet in cities outside and inside Hubei. Temperature and relative humidity effects have been adjusted in the model. Solid and dashed lines refer to the linear trend of the correlation of the cumulative incidence rate or basic reproductive number and environmental factors in cities outside Hubei (solid lines) and inside Hubei (dashed lines).
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