广州大气环境因素与SARS疫情短期变化关系的研究

根据SARS疫情和同期大气环境要素资料,利用时间尺度分离技术、谱分析和相关分析方法,研究大气环境因素对SARS疫情的影响,结果发现大气环境因素与SARS发病有密切关系：广州SARS每日新增病例数和大气要素存在几乎一致的3—5天变化周期,且疫情涨落和大气要素变化间有显著的相关性。由此推论天气变化对SARS疫情起伏有影响。此外,统计结果表明冷空气活动使SARS疫情加重。     

ON THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GUANGZHOU ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT FACTORS AND THE SARS EPIDEMIC

1 INTRODUCTION Infectious atypical pneumonia, commonly known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS), is a newly emerged communicable disease. In the first half of 2003, this disease had been spread globally, causing serious disasters to the world. According to the statistics from World Health Organization, a total of 8422 people had been infected worldwide,of which 916 were dead. The fatality ratio was 10.9 % on average. In China, SARS cases had been found in most of the provin…