Epidemiological parameters of COVID-19 and its implication for infectivity among patients in China, 1 January to 11 February 2020

ConclusionThe high infectivity during the incubation period led to short generation and serial intervals, necessitating aggressive control measures such as early case finding and quarantine of close contacts.

Source: Eurosurveillance - October 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qing-Bin Lu, Yong Zhang, Ming-Jin Liu, Hai-Yang Zhang, Neda Jalali, An-Ran Zhang, Jia-Chen Li, Han Zhao, Qian-Qian Song, Tian-Shuo Zhao, Jing Zhao, Han-Yu Liu, Juan Du, Ai-Ying Teng, Zi-Wei Zhou, Shi-Xia Zhou, Tian-Le Che, Tao Wang, Tong Yang, Xiu-Gang Gu Source Type: research