Case-fatality risk estimates for COVID-19 calculated by using a lag time for fatality

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 1339-1341

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Kvalsvig, Amanda ^a   Barnard, Lucy Telfar ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CUMULATIVE SCALE; DEATH; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85082496920     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/EID2606.200320     Document Type: Article

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