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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020
Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
  • Isaac Fung, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
  • Shayesteh R. Ferdosi, The Translational Genomics Research Institute
  • Sylvia Ofori, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
  • Yiseul Lee, Georgia State University
  • Amna Tariq, Georgia State University
  • Gerardo Chowell, Georgia State University
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2020
DOI
10.3201/eid2608.200536
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Abstract

To determine the transmission potential of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Iran in 2020, we estimated the reproduction number as 4.4 (95% CI 3.9–4.9) by using a generalized growth model and 3.5 (95% CI 1.3–8.1) by using epidemic doubling time. The reproduction number decreased to 1.55 after social distancing interventions were implemented.

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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Isaac Fung, Shayesteh R. Ferdosi, Sylvia Ofori, et al.. "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020" Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 26 Iss. 8 (2020) ISSN: 1080-6059
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/isaac_fung1/170/