Bi P, Wang J, Hiller J E
Discipline of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2007 Aug;37(8):550-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01358.x. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
The association between weather and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) transmission in Beijing and Hong Kong in the 2003 epidemic was studied to examine the effect of weather on SARS transmission.
Pearson's correlation analyses and negative binomial regression analyses were used to quantify the correlations between the daily newly reported number of SARS cases and weather variables, using daily disease notification data and meteorological data from the two locations.
The results indicate that there were inverse association between the number of daily cases and maximum and/or minimum temperatures whereas air pressure was found to be positively associated with SARS transmission.
The study suggests that weather might be a contributory factor in the 2003 SARS epidemic, in particular in the transmission among the community members.
研究了2003年北京和香港严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)疫情期间天气与SARS传播之间的关联,以检验天气对SARS传播的影响。
利用两地的每日疾病通报数据和气象数据,采用Pearson相关分析和负二项回归分析来量化每日新报告SARS病例数与天气变量之间的相关性。
结果表明,每日病例数与最高和/或最低温度之间呈负相关,而气压与SARS传播呈正相关。
该研究表明,天气可能是2003年SARS疫情的一个促成因素,尤其是在社区成员之间的传播中。