Influenza Virus Transmission Is Dependent on Relative Humidity and Temperature
Research by the Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, published on PLoS Pathogens, shows that flu and cold virus spread easier when the humidity and temperature is relatively low.
The research suggests that the viruses survive longer and spread easier at an ambient temperature of 5° C/42° F, and a low relative humidity, 20 to 40%.
In the United States alone, an average of 41,400 deaths and 1.68 million hospitalizations are attributed to influenza each year.
The cooler temperatures and lower humidity doesn’t seem to have an effect on the immune system itself.
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