Preliminary estimates of the reproduction number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Republic of Korea and Italy by 5 March 2020

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has caused 6088 cases and 41 deaths in Republic of Korea, and 3144 cases and 107 death in Italy by 5 March 2020, respectively. We modelled the transmission process in the Republic of Korea and Italy with a stochastic model, and estimated the basic reproduction number R0 as 2.6 (95% CI: 2.3–2.9) or 3.2 (95% CI: 2.9–3.5) in the Republic of Korea, under the assumption that the exponential growth starting on 31 January or 5 February 2020, and 2.6 (95% CI: 2.3–2.9) or 3.3 (95% CI: 3.0–3.6) in Italy, under the assumption that the exponential growth starting on 5 February or 10 February 2020, respectively..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 95(2020), Seite 308-310

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zian Zhuang [VerfasserIn]
Shi Zhao [VerfasserIn]
Qianying Lin [VerfasserIn]
Peihua Cao [VerfasserIn]
Yijun Lou [VerfasserIn]
Lin Yang [VerfasserIn]
Shu Yang [VerfasserIn]
Daihai He [VerfasserIn]
Li Xiao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Basic reproduction number
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Italy
Republic of Korea

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.044

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DOAJ073902357