Open AccessLogistic growth modelling of COVID-19 proliferation in China and its international implications
Author(s) -
Christopher Y. Shen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.085
Subject(s) - outbreak , china , logistic function , covid-19 , pandemic , goodness of fit , estimation , geography , logistic regression , demography , econometrics , null hypothesis , statistics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics , medicine , disease , economics , virology , sociology , pathology , management , archaeology
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to proliferate globally, this paper shares the findings of modelling the outbreak in China at both provincial and national levels. This paper examines the applicability of the logistic growth model, with implications for the study of the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases.
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