Translating transmissibility measures into recommendations for coronavirus prevention

The rapid increase in clinical cases of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, suggests high transmissibility. However, the estimates of the basic reproductive number reported in the literature vary widely. Considering this, we drew the function of contact-rate reduction required to control the tran...

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Autores principales: Diaz-Quijano, Fredi Alexander, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso Javier, Waldman, Eliseu Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7135119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294667
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002471
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author Diaz-Quijano, Fredi Alexander
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description The rapid increase in clinical cases of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, suggests high transmissibility. However, the estimates of the basic reproductive number reported in the literature vary widely. Considering this, we drew the function of contact-rate reduction required to control the transmission from both detectable and undetectable sources. Based on this, we offer a set of recommendations for symptomatic and asymptomatic populations during the current pandemic. Understanding the dynamics of transmission is essential to support government decisions and improve the community’s adherence to preventive measures.
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spelling pubmed-71351192020-04-10 Translating transmissibility measures into recommendations for coronavirus prevention Diaz-Quijano, Fredi Alexander Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso Javier Waldman, Eliseu Alves Rev Saude Publica Comment The rapid increase in clinical cases of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, suggests high transmissibility. However, the estimates of the basic reproductive number reported in the literature vary widely. Considering this, we drew the function of contact-rate reduction required to control the transmission from both detectable and undetectable sources. Based on this, we offer a set of recommendations for symptomatic and asymptomatic populations during the current pandemic. Understanding the dynamics of transmission is essential to support government decisions and improve the community’s adherence to preventive measures. Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2020-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7135119/ /pubmed/32294667 http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002471 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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