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Significant correlation coefficients between the monthly average temperature and the monthly number of positive samples were found to be negative in one laboratory (rs= -0.38, p=0.03) and positive in one laboratory (rs=0.30, p=0.02). The latter correlation coefficient was found between the monthly average temperature and the monthly number of positive samples the following month. The same laboratories that had significant correlation of the monthly number of positive samples and the monthly average temperature also had significant correlation with the monthly average relative humidity (rs= -0.39, p=0.03 and rs=0.37, p=0.004). The monthly average relative humidity was more highly correlated to the number of positive samples reported in the same month for both laboratories that had significant correlation coefficients. None of the correlations between the monthly precipitation and the monthly number of positive samples were significant (p>0.05). 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