Low temperature and low UV indexes correlated with peaks of influenza virus activity in northern europe during 2010–2018

Aleksandr Ianevski; Eva Zusinaite; Nastassia Shtaida; Hannimari Kallio-Kokko; Miia Valkonen; Anu Kantele; Kaidi Telling; Irja Lutsar; Pille Letjuka; Natalja Metelitsa; Valentyn Oksenych; Uga Dumpis; Astra Vitkauskiene; Kestutis Stašaitis; Christina Öhrmalm; Kåre Bondeson; Anders Bergqvist; Rebecca J. Cox; Tanel Tenson; Andres Merits; Denis E. Kainov

doi:10.3390/v11030207

Low temperature and low UV indexes correlated with peaks of influenza virus activity in northern europe during 2010–2018

Aleksandr Ianevski
, Eva Zusinaite
, Nastassia Shtaida
, Hannimari Kallio-Kokko
, Miia Valkonen
, Anu Kantele
, Kaidi Telling
, Irja Lutsar
, Pille Letjuka
, Natalja Metelitsa
, Valentyn Oksenych
, Uga Dumpis
, Astra Vitkauskiene
, Kestutis Stašaitis
, Christina Öhrmalm
, Kåre Bondeson
, Anders Bergqvist
, Rebecca J. Cox
, Tanel Tenson
, Andres Merits

Denis E. Kainov^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
University of Tartu
University of Helsinki
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Narva
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Uppsala University
University of Bergen

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Abstract

With the increasing pace of global warming, it is important to understand the role of meteorological factors in influenza virus (IV) epidemics. In this study, we investigated the impact of temperature, UV index, humidity, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation on IV activity in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during 2010–2018. Both correlation and machine learning analyses revealed that low temperature and UV indexes were the most predictive meteorological factors for IV epidemics in Northern Europe. Our in vitro experiments confirmed that low temperature and UV radiation preserved IV infectivity. Associations between these meteorological factors and IV activity could improve surveillance and promote development of accurate predictive models for future influenza outbreaks in the region.

Original language	English
Article number	207
Journal	Viruses
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030207
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemics
Influenza
Temperature
UV
Weather

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Ianevski, A., Zusinaite, E., Shtaida, N., Kallio-Kokko, H., Valkonen, M., Kantele, A., Telling, K., Lutsar, I., Letjuka, P., Metelitsa, N., Oksenych, V., Dumpis, U., Vitkauskiene, A., Stašaitis, K., Öhrmalm, C., Bondeson, K., Bergqvist, A., Cox, R. J., Tenson, T., ... Kainov, D. E. (2019). Low temperature and low UV indexes correlated with peaks of influenza virus activity in northern europe during 2010–2018. Viruses, 11(3), Article 207. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030207

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