Estimating effective reproduction number using generation time versus serial interval, with application to covid-19 in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada.

COVID-19 Generation time Incubation period Reproduction number Serial interval

Journal

Infectious Disease Modelling
ISSN: 2468-0427
Titre abrégé: Infect Dis Model
Pays: China
ID NLM: 101692406

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 26 05 2020
accepted: 21 10 2020
entrez: 9 11 2020
pubmed: 10 11 2020
medline: 10 11 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The effective reproduction number We developed a method to infer the generation time distribution from parametric definitions of the serial interval and incubation period distributions. We then compared estimates of We estimated the generation time of covid-19 to be Gamma-distributed with mean 3.99 and standard deviation 2.96 days. Relative to the generation time distribution, non-negative serial interval distribution caused overestimation of Approximation of the generation time distribution of covid-19 with non-negative or negative-permitting serial interval distributions when calculating

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The effective reproduction number
METHODS METHODS
We developed a method to infer the generation time distribution from parametric definitions of the serial interval and incubation period distributions. We then compared estimates of
RESULTS RESULTS
We estimated the generation time of covid-19 to be Gamma-distributed with mean 3.99 and standard deviation 2.96 days. Relative to the generation time distribution, non-negative serial interval distribution caused overestimation of
IMPLICATIONS CONCLUSIONS
Approximation of the generation time distribution of covid-19 with non-negative or negative-permitting serial interval distributions when calculating

Identifiants

pubmed: 33163739
doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.10.009
pii: S2468-0427(20)30063-4
pmc: PMC7604055
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

889-896

Commentaires et corrections

Type : ErratumIn

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None.

Références

N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 26;382(13):1199-1207
pubmed: 31995857
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;93:201-204
pubmed: 32097725
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 Jul;228:113555
pubmed: 32460229
Lancet Public Health. 2020 May;5(5):e279-e288
pubmed: 32311320
Lancet. 2020 Apr 25;395(10233):1382-1393
pubmed: 32277878
Epidemics. 2013 Dec;5(4):157-63
pubmed: 24267871
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;93:284-286
pubmed: 32145466
J Clin Med. 2020 Feb 17;9(2):
pubmed: 32079150
J Theor Biol. 2011 Sep 7;284(1):52-60
pubmed: 21704640
Elife. 2020 Jun 22;9:
pubmed: 32568070
Biomed Environ Sci. 2009 Dec;22(6):502-10
pubmed: 20337224
N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 16;371(16):1481-95
pubmed: 25244186
J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 31;9(4):
pubmed: 32244365
Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Nov 1;178(9):1505-12
pubmed: 24043437
Euro Surveill. 2020 Apr;25(17):
pubmed: 32372755
Euro Surveill. 2020 Feb;25(5):
pubmed: 32046819
Stat Med. 2005 Aug 30;24(16):2525-37
pubmed: 16013037
J R Soc Interface. 2019 Jan 31;16(150):20180670
pubmed: 30958162
Ann Intern Med. 2020 May 5;172(9):577-582
pubmed: 32150748
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;26(6):1341-1343
pubmed: 32191173
Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;20(7):793-802
pubmed: 32247326
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Apr 03;69(13):377-381
pubmed: 32240128
mBio. 2015 Feb 19;6(2):e00137
pubmed: 25698835
JAMA. 2020 May 19;323(19):1915-1923
pubmed: 32275295
Wellcome Open Res. 2020 Apr 1;5:58
pubmed: 32685697

Auteurs

Jesse Knight (J)

Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Canada.
MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto, Canada.

Sharmistha Mishra (S)

Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Canada.
MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto, Canada.
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada.

Classifications MeSH