Open AccessCOVID-19: How to make between-country comparisons
Author(s) -
Rutger A. Middelburg,
Frits R. Rosendaal
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.2020.05.066
Subject(s) - covid-19 , demography , population , developing country , medicine , containment (computer programming) , developed country , cause of death , environmental health , virology , economic growth , outbreak , economics , computer science , pathology , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
Different countries have adopted different containment and testing strategies for SARS-CoV-2. The difference in testing makes it difficult to compare the effect of different containment strategies. This study proposes methods to allow a direct comparison and presents the results.
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