Seasonality of Coronavirus 229E, HKU1, NL63, and OC43 From 2014 to 2020

Stefanea L Rucinski; Matthew J Binnicker; Amber S Thomas; Robin Patel

doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.032

Seasonality of Coronavirus 229E, HKU1, NL63, and OC43 From 2014 to 2020

Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Aug;95(8):1701-1703. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.032. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Authors

Stefanea L Rucinski¹, Matthew J Binnicker¹, Amber S Thomas¹, Robin Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: patel.robin@mayo.edu.

Abstract

The possibility of seasonality of COVID-19 is being discussed; we show clinical microbiology laboratory data illustrating seasonality of coronaviruses 229E, HKU1, NL63, and OC43. The data shown are specific to the 4 studied coronaviruses and may or may not generalize to COVID-19.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
COVID-19
Coronavirus / pathogenicity*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Global Health
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2
Seasons*