Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 effective breeding number estimation in Vitória de Santo Antão/PE, Brazil
Author(s) -
Jucarlos Rufino de Freitas,
Denise Stéphanie de Almeida Ferreira,
Filipe Mendonça de Lima,
Gabriela Isabel Limoeiro Alves Nascimento,
Dâmocles Aurélio Nascimento da Silva Alves,
Diego Alves Gomes,
André Luiz Pinto dos Santos,
João Silva Rocha,
Ana Luíza Xavier Cunha,
Thaísa Oliveira Folha Piscoya,
Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho,
Romildo Morant de Holanda,
Manoel Vieira de França,
Raimundo Mainar de Medeiros,
Maria Lindomárcia Leonardo da Costa,
Victor Casimiro Piscoya,
Guilherme Rocha Moreira,
Moacyr Cunha Filho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v9i9.7922
Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , population , basic reproduction number , transmissibility (structural dynamics) , disease , epidemiology , reproduction , covid-19 , biology , medicine , demography , environmental health , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , ecology , physics , vibration isolation , quantum mechanics , sociology , vibration
COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease with the SARS-CoV-2 virus as etiological agent, triggering a worldwide pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from the year 2019. Effective reproduction number expresses the viral spread potential, being favourable in determining the epidemiological outbreak behaviour; and in obtaining crucial information to identify the disease intensity and which interventions should be conducted. The study objective was to analyze COVID-19 transmissibility, in Vitória de Santo Antão/PE, municipality, Brazil. Therefore, and , indicators were estimated, which reflect the effective number of SARS-CoV-2 infection reproduction among the Vitória de Santo Antão/PE population, within 107 days from the first confirmed case (covering the disease history to date). Results showed that, to date, measures have been sufficient to effectively reduce the epidemic transmissivity. However, even with slower epidemic growth, the population must remain alert and maintain social distance in order to flatten the curve. In addition, estimates can be understood correctly and therefore enable decisions to be made to help more efficiently control pandemic expansion.