Meteorological factors and non-pharmaceutical interventions explain local differences in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Austria

@article{Ledebur2021MeteorologicalFA,
  title={Meteorological factors and non-pharmaceutical interventions explain local differences in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Austria},
  author={Katharina Ledebur and Michaela Kaleta and Jiaying Chen and Simon Lindner and Caspar Matzhold and Florian Weidle and Christoph Wittmann and Katharina Habimana and Linda Kerschbaumer and Sophie Stumpfl and Georg Heiler and Martin Bicher and Nikolas Popper and Florian Bachner and Peter Klimek},
  journal={PLoS Computational Biology},
  year={2021},
  volume={18}
}
The drivers behind regional differences of SARS-CoV-2 spread on finer spatio-temporal scales are yet to be fully understood. Here we develop a data-driven modelling approach based on an age-structured compartmental model that compares 116 Austrian regions to a suitably chosen control set of regions to explain variations in local transmission rates through a combination of meteorological factors, non-pharmaceutical interventions and mobility. We find that more than 60% of the observed regional… 
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