Epidemiology of COVID-19

Cemal BULUT; Yasuyuki KATO

doi:https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2004-172

Article Details

Epidemiology of COVID-19

Authors:

Cemal BULUT | Yasuyuki KATO

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2020 Vol.50, pp.563-570

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000749533

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2004-172

Abstract:

 

It seems that coronaviruses take an important place in the 21th century history. Five of seven human coronavirus was isolated  in this century. Unfortunately, last three of them entered our life with a fear of outbreak, pandemic or death. Last human coronavirus  which emerged world from Wuhan China, SARS CoV-2 and its clinical expression, Coronavirus disease  COVID-19  recently taken  a significant place in our daily practice. Initial reports showed that, its origin was bats. It transmitted human to human by droplet and  contact routes, but some doubt about airborne, fecal or intrauterine transmission also should be removed. Its R0 value is 2.3 but it could  be as high as 5.7. Its case fatality rate was 6.3, but it was different in different ages and counties, and it could be over 15%. According  to early models total 10-12 weeks is required to control an outbreak in the community. While different countries show different daily  case numbers, total number of case, case mortality rates or R0, it seems they show a similar epidemic curve. Every day we learn new  data about the current outbreak. Since the outbreak is not over yet, every detail should be evaluated carefully and the updates should be  followed closely to monitor the epidemiological properties of COVID-19.

Article Details

Epidemiology of COVID-19

Authors: Cemal BULUT | Yasuyuki KATO

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2020 Vol.50, pp.563-570

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000749533

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6165

pISSN: 1300-0144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2004-172

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Authors:

Cemal BULUT | Yasuyuki KATO

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2020 Vol.50, pp.563-570

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000749533

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2004-172