Reliability of Early Estimates of the Basic Reproduction Number of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Bibha Dhungel Md Shafiur RahmanMd Mahfuzur RahmanAliza K C Bhandari Phuong Mai Le Nushrat Alam Biva Stuart Gilmour

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)

The high heterogeneity in studies makes the use of the R0 for basic epidemic planning difficult and presents a huge problem for risk assessment and data synthesis. Consensus on the use of R0 for outbreak assessment is needed, and its use for assessing epidemic risk is not recommended.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
coronavirus disease
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single cell
electronic health record
human health
heavy metals
big data
case control
machine learning
data analysis
deep learning