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Koanda O, Yonaba R, Tazen F, Karoui H, Sidibé ML, Lèye B, Diop M, Andrianisa HA, Karambiri H. Climate and COVID-19 transmission: a cross-sectional study in Africa. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18702. [PMID: 37907735 PMCID: PMC10618194 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The role of climate in the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission appears to be controversial, as reported in earlier studies. In Africa, the subject is poorly documented. In this study, over the period from January 1st, 2020 to September 31, 2022, the daily variations in cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 for each African country (54 countries) are modelled through time-series-based approaches and using meteorological factors as covariates. It is suggested from the findings that climate plays a role in COVID-19 transmission since at least one meteorological factor is found to be significant in 32 countries. In decreasing order, the most often occurring meteorological factors are dewpoint temperature, relative and absolute humidity, average temperature and solar radiation. Most of these factors show a lagged effect with confirmed cases (between 0 and 28 days). Also, some meteorological factors exhibit contrasting effects on COVID-19 transmission, resulting in both positive and negative association with cumulative cases, therefore highlighting the complex nature of the interplay between climate and COVID-19 transmission.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ousmane Koanda
- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eco-Matériaux et Habitat Durable (LEMHaD), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Sidibé ML, Yonaba R, Tazen F, Karoui H, Koanda O, Lèye B, Andrianisa HA, Karambiri H. Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic prevalence in Africa through optimal feature selection and clustering: evidence from a statistical perspective. Environ Dev Sustain 2022; 25:1-29. [PMID: 36061268 PMCID: PMC9424840 DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02646-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, which outbroke in Wuhan (China) in December 2019, severely hit almost all sectors of activity in the world as a consequence of the restrictive measures imposed. Two years later, Africa still emerges as the least affected continent by the pandemic. This study analyzed COVID-19 prevalence across African countries through country-level variables prior to clustering. Using Spearman-rank correlation, multicollinearity analysis and univariate filtering, 9 country-level variables were identified from an initial set of 34 variables. These variables relate to socioeconomic status, population structure, healthcare system and environment and the climatic setting. A clustering of the 54 African countries is further carried out through the use of agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC) method, which generated 3 distinctive clusters. Cluster 1 (11 countries) is the most affected by COVID-19 (median of 63,508.6 confirmed cases and 946.5 deaths per million) and is composed of countries with the highest socioeconomic status. Cluster 2 (27 countries) is the least affected (median of 4473.7 confirmed cases and 81.2 deaths per million), and mainly features countries with the least socioeconomic features and international exposure. Cluster 3 (16 countries) is intermediate in terms of COVID-19 prevalence (median of 2569.3 confirmed cases and 35.7 deaths per million) and features countries the least urbanized and geographically close to the equator, with intermediate international exposure and socioeconomic features. These findings shed light on the main features of COVID-19 prevalence in Africa and might help refine effectively coping management strategies of the ongoing pandemic. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-022-02646-3.
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- Mohamed Lamine Sidibé
- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- Laboratoire Eaux, Hydro-Systèmes Et Agriculture (LEHSA), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau Et de l’Environnement (2iE), 1 Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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