Elevated Ambient Temperature Associated With Reduced Infectious Disease Test Positivity Rates: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Statewide COVID-19 Testing and Weather Across California Counties
Elevated Ambient Temperature Associated With Reduced Infectious Disease Test Positivity Rates: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Statewide COVID-19 Testing and Weather Across California Counties
Nicholas Wing-Ping Kwok
1
, MD ;
Joshua Pevnick
1, 2
, MD, MSHS ;
Keith Feldman
3, 4
, PhD
1
Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
3
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
4
Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Keith Feldman, PhD
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Department of Pediatrics
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Children's Mercy Kansas City
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2401 Gillham Road
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Kansas City, MO, 64108
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United States
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Phone:
1 816-302-0512
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Email: kfeldman@cmh.edu