Spatiotemporal Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases and Deaths With Exposure to Wildfire Particulate Matter in 2020
The year 2020 was particularly strong for wildfires in California and a unique year for infectious diseases with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings demonstrate that wildfire smoke exposure likely increased the spread of COVID-19 and worsened the mortality rate.
Authors
- Julio Cesar Zuniga-Moya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-5463)
- David R. Boulware (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-0060)
- Andrej Spec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7612-4710)
- Kelly M. Searle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-9342)
- Naomi Hauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6092-8682)
- Thomas C McHale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-3075)
- George R. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-5750)
- Leda N. Kobziar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5882-8498)
- Phinehas Lampman
- Ben Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-4930)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Idaho (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- North Idaho College (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf262
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40
Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases