Estimation of the basic reproduction number, average incubation time, asymptomatic infection rate, and case fatality rate for COVID-19 : Meta-analysis and sensitivity analysis

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The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been found to be caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, comprehensive knowledge of COVID-19 remains incomplete and many important features are still unknown. This manuscript conducts a meta-analysis and a sensitivity study to answer the questions: What is the basic reproduction number? How long is the incubation time of the disease on average? What portion of infections are asymptomatic? And ultimately, what is the case fatality rate? Our studies estimate the basic reproduction number to be 3.15 with the 95% CI (2.41-3.90), the average incubation time to be 5.08 days with the 95% CI (4.77-5.39) (in day), the asymptomatic infection rate to be 46% with the 95% CI (18.48%-73.60%), and the case fatality rate to be 2.72% with 95% CI (1.29%-4.16%) where asymptomatic infections are accounted for.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: J Med Virol. 2022 Jan;94(1):425. - PMID 34633667

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:92

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 92(2020), 11 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 2543-2550

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Wenqing [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Grace Y [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yayuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asymptomatic infection rate
Basic reproduction number
COVID-19
Case fatality rate
Error-contaminated data
Incubation time
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.12.2020

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: J Med Virol. 2022 Jan;94(1):425. - PMID 34633667

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.26041

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310506859