COVID-19 seeding time and doubling time model: an early epidemic risk assessment tool.

Lei ZhouJiang-Mei LiuXiao-Ping DongJennifer M McGooganZun-You Wu

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2020)

Our main finding is that the ST/DT Model can be used to produce meaningful assessments of the risk of escalation in country/territory-level COVID-19 epidemics using only case reporting data. Our model can help support timely, decisive action at the national level as leaders and other decision makers face of the serious public health threat that is COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
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public health
electronic health record
emergency department
clinical trial
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
quality improvement
big data
artificial intelligence