Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/57495, first published .
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

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:

  • Keith Feldman, PhD
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Children's Mercy Kansas City
  • 2401 Gillham Road
  • Kansas City, MO, 64108
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 816-302-0512
  • Email: kfeldman@cmh.edu