Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020

Authors

Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public HealthFollow
Isaac Fung, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public HealthFollow
Shayesteh R. Ferdosi, The Translational Genomics Research Institute
Sylvia Ofori, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public HealthFollow
Yiseul Lee, Georgia State University
Amna Tariq, Georgia State University
Gerardo Chowell, Georgia State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2020

Publication Title

Emerging Infectious Diseases

DOI

10.3201/eid2608.200536

ISSN

1080-6059

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.

Comments

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

Recommended Citation

Muniz-Rodriguez, Kamalich, Isaac Fung, Shayesteh R. Ferdosi, Sylvia Ofori, Yiseul Lee, Amna Tariq, Gerardo Chowell. 2020. "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020." Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26 (8): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. doi: 10.3201/eid2608.200536
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