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Title: | The COVID-19 epidemic, its mortality, and the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions | Authors: | HENS, Niel VRANCKX, Pascal MOLENBERGHS, Geert |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Source: | EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, 9 (3) , p. 204 -208 | Abstract: | COVID-19 has developed into a pandemic, hitting hard on our communities. As the pandemic continues to bring health and economic hardship, keeping mortality as low as possible will be the highest priority for individuals; hence governments must put in place measures to ameliorate the inevitable economic downturn. The course of an epidemic may be defined by a series of key factors. In the early stages of a new infectious disease outbreak, it is crucial to understand the transmission dynamics of the infection. The basic reproduction number (R-0), which defines the mean number of secondary cases generated by one primary case when the population is largely susceptible to infection ('totally naive'), determines the overall number of people who are likely to be infected, or, more precisely, the area under the epidemic curve. Estimation of changes in transmission over time can provide insights into the epidemiological situation and identify whether outbreak control measures are having a measurable effect. For R-0 > 1, the number infected tends to increase, and for R-0 < 1, transmission dies out. Non-pharmaceutical strategies to handle the epidemic are sketched and based on current knowledge, the current situation is sketched and scenarios for the near future discussed. | Notes: | Molenberghs, G (reprint author), Hasselt Univ, I BioStat, Martelarenpl 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.; Molenberghs, G (reprint author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Martelarenpl 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. geert.molenberghs@uhasselt.be |
Other: | Molenberghs, G (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, I BioStat, Martelarenpl 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium; Katholieke Univ Leuven, Martelarenpl 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. geert.molenberghs@uhasselt.be | Keywords: | COVID-19;non-pharmaceutical;interventions;epidemiological modelling | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/31549 | ISSN: | 2048-8726 | e-ISSN: | 2048-8734 | DOI: | 10.1177/2048872620924922 | ISI #: | WOS:000532421700001 | Rights: | The European Society of Cardiology 2020. Creative Common CC-BY. Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/2048872620924922 journals.sagepub.com/home/acc | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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