Epidemiology of COVID-19

Epidemiology of COVID-19

Selma Metintas

Acknowledging the epidemiological parameters is essential in the control of coronavirus disease 2019, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. To define the macroscopic behavior and control of the disease in the society, the incubation period, serial interval, reproductive coefficient, doubling time of the infection, growth rate, curve flattening index, case fatality rate, and the rate of asymptomatic cases should be well known.

2020

epidemiology, Pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019

10.4103/ejop.ejop_55_20

Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

Internal medicine