Byun Woo Seok, Heo Sin Woo, Jo Gunhee, Kim Jae Won, Kim Sarang, Lee Sujie, Park Hye Eun, Baek Jea-Hyun
School of Life Science, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea.
School of Life Science, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea.
Environ Res. 2021 May;196:110972. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110972. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected more than 50 million people and killed more than one million, worldwide, during less than a year course. COVID-19, which has already become the worst pandemic in the last 100 years, is still spreading worldwide. Since the beginning of the outbreak, it has been of particular interest to understand whether COVID-19 is seasonal; the finding might help for better planning and preparation for the fight against the disease. Over the past 12 months, numerous empirical and epidemiological studies have been performed to define the distinct diffusion patterns of COVID-19. Thereby, a wealth of data has accumulated on the relationship between various seasonal meteorological factors and COVID-19 transmissibility at global and local scales. In this review, we aimed to discuss whether COVID-19 exhibits any seasonal features in a global and local perspective by collecting and providing summaries of the findings from empirical and epidemiological studies on the COVID-19 pandemic during its first seasonal cycle.
在不到一年的时间里，冠状病毒病（COVID-19）在全球已感染超过5000万人，死亡超过100万人。COVID-19已成为过去100年来最严重的大流行疾病，目前仍在全球范围内传播。自疫情爆发以来，了解COVID-19是否具有季节性一直备受关注；这一发现可能有助于更好地规划和准备抗击该疾病的工作。在过去12个月里，人们进行了大量实证和流行病学研究，以确定COVID-19独特的传播模式。由此，积累了大量关于全球和地方尺度上各种季节性气象因素与COVID-19传播性之间关系的数据。在本综述中，我们旨在通过收集和总结关于COVID-19大流行首个季节周期的实证和流行病学研究结果，从全球和地方角度讨论COVID-19是否呈现出任何季节性特征。
