
Early reports of epidemiological parameters of the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Keeley Allen,
Amy Elizabeth Parry,
Kathryn Glass
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.3.011
Subject(s) - incubation period , outbreak , pandemic , basic reproduction number , reproduction , demography , confidence interval , medicine , covid-19 , statistics , biology , incubation , population , disease , mathematics , virology , environmental health , ecology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biochemistry , sociology
The emergence of a new pathogen requires a rapid assessment of its transmissibility, to inform appropriate public health interventions.