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Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis
Epidemiological distributions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including the intervals from symptom onset to diagnosis, reporting, or death, are important for developing effective disease-control strategies. COVID-19 case data (from 19 January 2020 to 10 January 2022) from a national data...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35743340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123269 |
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author | Shim, Eunha Choi, Wongyeong Song, Youngji |
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description | Epidemiological distributions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including the intervals from symptom onset to diagnosis, reporting, or death, are important for developing effective disease-control strategies. COVID-19 case data (from 19 January 2020 to 10 January 2022) from a national database maintained by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Central Disease Control Headquarters were analyzed. A joint Bayesian subnational model with partial pooling was used and yielded probability distribution models of key epidemiological distributions in Korea. Serial intervals from before and during the Delta variant’s predominance were estimated. Although the mean symptom-onset-to-report interval was 3.2 days at the national level, it varied across different regions (2.9–4.0 days). Gamma distribution showed the best fit for the onset-to-death interval (with heterogeneity in age, sex, and comorbidities) and the reporting-to-death interval. Log-normal distribution was optimal for ascertaining the onset-to-diagnosis and onset-to-report intervals. Serial interval (days) was shorter before the Delta variant-induced outbreaks than during the Delta variant’s predominance (4.4 vs. 5.2 days), indicating the higher transmission potential of the Delta variant. The identified heterogeneity in region-, age-, sex-, and period-based distributions of the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 will facilitate the development of effective interventions and disease-control strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-92256372022-06-24 Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis Shim, Eunha Choi, Wongyeong Song, Youngji J Clin Med Article Epidemiological distributions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including the intervals from symptom onset to diagnosis, reporting, or death, are important for developing effective disease-control strategies. COVID-19 case data (from 19 January 2020 to 10 January 2022) from a national database maintained by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Central Disease Control Headquarters were analyzed. A joint Bayesian subnational model with partial pooling was used and yielded probability distribution models of key epidemiological distributions in Korea. Serial intervals from before and during the Delta variant’s predominance were estimated. Although the mean symptom-onset-to-report interval was 3.2 days at the national level, it varied across different regions (2.9–4.0 days). Gamma distribution showed the best fit for the onset-to-death interval (with heterogeneity in age, sex, and comorbidities) and the reporting-to-death interval. Log-normal distribution was optimal for ascertaining the onset-to-diagnosis and onset-to-report intervals. Serial interval (days) was shorter before the Delta variant-induced outbreaks than during the Delta variant’s predominance (4.4 vs. 5.2 days), indicating the higher transmission potential of the Delta variant. The identified heterogeneity in region-, age-, sex-, and period-based distributions of the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 will facilitate the development of effective interventions and disease-control strategies. MDPI 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9225637/ /pubmed/35743340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123269 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shim, Eunha Choi, Wongyeong Song, Youngji Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title | Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title_full | Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title_fullStr | Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title_short | Clinical Time Delay Distributions of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the Republic of Korea: Inferences from a Nationwide Database Analysis |
title_sort | clinical time delay distributions of covid-19 in 2020–2022 in the republic of korea: inferences from a nationwide database analysis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35743340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123269 |
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