Effectiveness of International Travel Controls for Delaying Local Outbreaks of COVID-19

During the coronavirus disease pandemic, international travel controls have been widely adopted. To determine the effectiveness of these measures, we analyzed data from 165 countries and found that early implementation of international travel controls led to a mean delay of 5 weeks in the first epid...

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Autores principales: Yang, Bingyi, Sullivan, Sheena G., Du, Zhanwei, Tsang, Tim K., Cowling, Benjamin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34647863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211944
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Sullivan, Sheena G.
Du, Zhanwei
Tsang, Tim K.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
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spelling pubmed-87142302022-01-04 Effectiveness of International Travel Controls for Delaying Local Outbreaks of COVID-19 Yang, Bingyi Sullivan, Sheena G. Du, Zhanwei Tsang, Tim K. Cowling, Benjamin J. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter During the coronavirus disease pandemic, international travel controls have been widely adopted. To determine the effectiveness of these measures, we analyzed data from 165 countries and found that early implementation of international travel controls led to a mean delay of 5 weeks in the first epidemic peak of cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8714230/ /pubmed/34647863 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211944 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714230/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211944
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