Preliminary estimation of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Iran: A modelling analysis based on overseas cases and air travel data

As of March 1, 2020, Iran had reported 987 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, including 54 associated deaths. At least six neighboring countries (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Afghanistan, and Pakistan) had reported imported COVID-19 cases from Iran. In this study, air travel data and the numbers of cases from Iran imported into other Middle Eastern countries were used to estimate the number of COVID-19 cases in Iran. It was estimated that the total number of cases in Iran was 16 533 (95% confidence interval: 5925–35 538) by February 25, 2020, before the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries suspended inbound and outbound flights from Iran..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 94(2020), Seite 29-31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

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

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Themen:

Air travel data
Ascertainment rate
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
Infectious and parasitic diseases

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.019

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DOAJ077118987