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The 2020 WMO symposium on climatological, meteorological and environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: A special issue from symposium presentations

Author: Sweijd, Neville ; Zaitchik, BF Date: Jun 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the great historical events of the modern era, presenting a generational challenge to the world. Questions about the role of weather on SARS-CoV-2 transmission led to the gathering of scientists at an ... Read more
Defining the South African acute respiratory infectious disease season

Author: Motlogeloa, O ; Fitchett, JM ; Sweijd, Neville A Date: Jan 2023 The acute respiratory infectious disease season, or colloquially the “flu season”, is defined as the annually recurring period characterized by the prevalence of an outbreak of acute respiratory infectious diseases. It has been widely agreed ... Read more
Exploring the association between ambient temperature and daily hospital admissions for diarrhea in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Author: Kunene, Z ; Kapwata, T ; Mathee, A ; Sweijd, Neville A ; Minakawa, N ; Naidoo, N ; Wright, CY Date: Apr 2023 Diarrhea contributes significantly to global morbidity and mortality. There is evidence that diarrhea prevalence is associated with ambient temperature. This study aimed to determine if there was an association between ambient temperature and ... Read more
Health risks of temperature variability on hospital admissions in Cape Town, 2011-2016

Author: Makunyane, MS ; Rautenbach, H ; Sweijd, Neville A ; Botai, J ; Wichmann, J Date: Jan 2023 Epidemiological studies have provided compelling evidence of associations between temperature variability (TV) and health outcomes. However, such studies are limited in developing countries. This study aimed to investigate the relationship ... Read more
Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: A mixed methods approach

Author: Lee, TT ; Dalvie, MA ; Röösli, MS ; Merten, S ; Kwiatkowski, M ; Sweijd, Neville A ; Cissé, G ; Mahomed, H Date: Aug 2023 Background: The climate of southern Africa is expected to become hotter and drier with more frequent severe droughts and the incidence of diarrhoea to increase. From 2015 to 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, experienced a severe drought which ... Read more
Utilizing a novel high-resolution malaria dataset for climate-informed predictions with a deep learning transformer model

Author: Pillay, MT ; Minakawa, N ; Kim, Y ; Kgalane, N ; Ratnam, JV ; Behera, SK ; Hashizume, M ; Sweijd, Neville A Date: Dec 2023 Climatic factors influence malaria transmission via the effect on the Anopheles vector and Plasmodium parasite. Modelling and understanding the complex effects that climate has on malaria incidence can enable important early warning capabilities. ... Read more

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