COVID‐19: test, trace and isolate‐new epidemiological data

Summary In the absence of an efficient drug treatment or a vaccine, the control of the COVID‐19 pandemic relies on classic infection control measures. Since these means are socially disruptive and come with substantial economic loss for societies, a better knowledge of the epidemiology of the new co...

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Published in:Environmental microbiology 2020-07, Vol.22 (7), p.2445-2456
Main Author: Brüssow, Harald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic Infections - epidemiology
Betacoronavirus
Child
China - epidemiology
Civil rights
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - mortality
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Economic impact
Economics
EMI ‐ Lilliput
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Europe - epidemiology
Humans
Immunity, Herd
Masks
Models, Theoretical
Molecular Epidemiology - statistics & numerical data
Nursing Homes - statistics & numerical data
Olfaction Disorders - virology
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - mortality
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Public Health
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Singapore
United States - epidemiology
Vaccines
Viral diseases
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Summary:Summary In the absence of an efficient drug treatment or a vaccine, the control of the COVID‐19 pandemic relies on classic infection control measures. Since these means are socially disruptive and come with substantial economic loss for societies, a better knowledge of the epidemiology of the new coronavirus epidemic is crucial to achieve control at a sustainable cost and within tolerable restrictions of civil rights.
ISSN:1462-2912
1462-2920
DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.15118