Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 transmission potential, Iran, 2020

Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez; Isaac Chun Hai Fung; Shayesteh R. Ferdosi; Sylvia K. Ofori; Yiseul Lee; Amna Tariq; Gerardo Chowell

doi:10.3201/eid2608.200536

Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 transmission potential, Iran, 2020

Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez
, Isaac Chun Hai Fung
, Shayesteh R. Ferdosi
, Sylvia K. Ofori
, Yiseul Lee
, Amna Tariq
, Gerardo Chowell

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

Georgia Southern University
Translational Genomics Research Institute
Georgia State University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1915-1917
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.200536
State	Published - Aug 2020

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