Article ; Online: Effective Reproductive Number estimation for initial stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American Countries.
2020 Volume 95, Page(s) 316–318
Abstract: Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become pandemic and turn in a challenge for Latin America. Understanding the dynamics of the epidemic is essential for decision making, and to reduce the health, economic, and social impacts of the ...
Abstract | Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become pandemic and turn in a challenge for Latin America. Understanding the dynamics of the epidemic is essential for decision making, and to reduce the health, economic, and social impacts of the pandemic. The present study aimed to estimate the effective reproductive number (R Methods: Incidence data retrieved from the COVID-19 data repository by Johns Hopkins University were analyzed. The R Results: The median R Conclusions: The initial stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in Latin America suggested a high Rt. Interventions such as domestic and international travel restrictions, educational institutions closure, social distancing, and intensified case surveillance should be adopted to prevent the collapse of the health systems. |
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MeSH term(s) | Basic Reproduction Number ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Humans ; Latin America/epidemiology ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-04-30 |
Publishing country | Canada |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1331197-9 |
ISSN | 1878-3511 ; 1201-9712 |
ISSN (online) | 1878-3511 |
ISSN | 1201-9712 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.069 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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