COVID-19: A relationship to climate and environmental conditions?

George Kroumpouzos^{1

2}, Mrinal Gupta³, Mohammad Jafferany⁴, Torello Lotti⁵, Roxanna Sadoughifar^{6

7}, Zuzanna Sitkowska⁸, Mohamad Goldust^{6

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Medical School of Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Dermatology Consultant Dermatologist, Treatwell Skin Centre, Jammu, India.
⁴ College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
⁵ University of Studies Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy.
⁶ University of Rome G. Marconi, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Bidarskincenter, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

George Kroumpouzos et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13399.

doi: 10.1111/dth.13399. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

George Kroumpouzos^{1

2}, Mrinal Gupta³, Mohammad Jafferany⁴, Torello Lotti⁵, Roxanna Sadoughifar^{6

7}, Zuzanna Sitkowska⁸, Mohamad Goldust^{6

9

10}

¹ Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Medical School of Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Dermatology Consultant Dermatologist, Treatwell Skin Centre, Jammu, India.
⁴ College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
⁵ University of Studies Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy.
⁶ University of Rome G. Marconi, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Bidarskincenter, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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