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Cowling, Benjamin J. & Aiello, Allison E. (2020). Public Health Measures to Slow Community Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 221(11), 1749-1751. PMCID: PMC7184488

Abstract

COVID-19 was initially identified in an outbreak of viral pneumonia in Wuhan in December 2019, and has now been recognized in 77 countries with over 90,000 laboratory-confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths as of 3 March 2020 [1]. The epidemiology of COVID-19 has recently become clearer as incident cases continue to rise and researchers refine estimates of the severity, transmissibility, and populations affected. Based on available data, COVID-19 is efficiently transmitted in the community, and the proportion of infections leading to severe illness is particularly high among adults

URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa123

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2020

Journal Title

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Author(s)

Cowling, Benjamin J.
Aiello, Allison E.

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC7184488

Continent/Country

Nonspecific

ORCiD

Aiello - 0000-0001-7029-2537