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| ISSN |
2220-3249 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
| Category |
Infectious Diseases |
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Opinion Review |
| Article Title |
Rethinking COVID-19 seasonality: A summer respiratory virus in the tropics, contrast to influenza
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Invited Manuscript |
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Prasan Kumar Panda and Rahul Garg |
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| Corresponding Author |
Prasan Kumar Panda, Internal Medicine (ID Division), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 409, College Block, Rishikesh 249203, India. motherprasanna@rediffmail.com |
| Key Words |
Seasonality; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission; Behavioral epidemiology; Tropical climate; Respiratory virus ecology |
| Core Tip |
Coronavirus disease 2019 seasonality is not uniformly winter-driven but shaped by behavioural adaptation to climate and host. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 exhibits a seasonal pattern, being predominantly summer-predominant in tropical regions and winter-predominant in temperate ones, due to its virological resilience and broad host adaptability. Recognizing this behaviourally modulated seasonality is essential for designing climate- and region-specific surveillance, vaccination timing, and ventilation strategies. |
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2026-03-13 08:28 |
| Citation |
Panda PK, Garg R. Rethinking COVID-19 seasonality: A summer respiratory virus in the tropics, contrast to influenza. World J Virol 2026; 15(1): 116492 |
| URL |
https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3249/full/v15/i1/116492.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.116492 |
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