Estimating Transmission Parameters for COVID-19 Clusters by Using Symptom Onset Data, Singapore, January–April 2020

Autor: Sheryl Hui-Xian Ng, Palvinder Kaur, Cécile Kremer, Woan Shin Tan, Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan, Niel Hens, Matthias Paul Toh, Kiok Liang Teow, Palvannan Kannapiran
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 2, Pp 582-585 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.203018
Popis: We estimated the generation interval distribution for coronavirus disease on the basis of serial intervals of observed infector–infectee pairs from established clusters in Singapore. The short mean generation interval and consequent high prevalence of presymptomatic transmission requires public health control measures to be responsive to these characteristics of the epidemic.
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