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Article: Effectiveness of control measures during the SARS epidemic in Beijing: A comparison of the Rt curve and the epidemic curve
Title | Effectiveness of control measures during the SARS epidemic in Beijing: A comparison of the Rt curve and the epidemic curve | ||||||||
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Keywords | Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control - statistics & numerical data Outcome Assessment (Health Care) SARS Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology - etiology - prevention & control China - epidemiology | ||||||||
Issue Date | 2008 | ||||||||
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HYG | ||||||||
Citation | Epidemiology And Infection, 2008, v. 136 n. 4, p. 562-566 How to Cite? | ||||||||
Abstract | One of the areas most affected by SARS was Beijing with 2521 reported cases. We estimate the effective reproductive number Rt for the Beijing SARS epidemic, which represents the average number of secondary cases per primary case on each day of the epidemic and is therefore a measure of the underlying transmission dynamics. Our results provide a quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of public health control measures. More generally, our results illustrate how changes in Rt will reflect changes in the epidemic curve. © 2007 Cambridge University Press. | ||||||||
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/57378 | ||||||||
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.830 | ||||||||
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Funding Information: The authors are grateful to two anonymous referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. This work was supported in part through a commissioned research grant from the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases of the Health, Welfare, and Food Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government; by the University of Hong Kong SARS Research Fund; and by the EU Sixth Framework Programme for research for policy support (contract SP22-CT-2004-511066). | ||||||||
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dc.contributor.author | Cowling, BJ | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, LM | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, GM | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-12T01:34:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-12T01:34:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Epidemiology And Infection, 2008, v. 136 n. 4, p. 562-566 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0950-2688 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/57378 | - |
dc.description.abstract | One of the areas most affected by SARS was Beijing with 2521 reported cases. We estimate the effective reproductive number Rt for the Beijing SARS epidemic, which represents the average number of secondary cases per primary case on each day of the epidemic and is therefore a measure of the underlying transmission dynamics. Our results provide a quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of public health control measures. More generally, our results illustrate how changes in Rt will reflect changes in the epidemic curve. © 2007 Cambridge University Press. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HYG | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Epidemiology and Infection | en_HK |
dc.rights | Epidemiology and Infection. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | en_HK |
dc.subject | Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control - statistics & numerical data | en_HK |
dc.subject | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) | en_HK |
dc.subject | SARS Virus | en_HK |
dc.subject | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology - etiology - prevention & control | en_HK |
dc.subject | China - epidemiology | en_HK |
dc.title | Effectiveness of control measures during the SARS epidemic in Beijing: A comparison of the Rt curve and the epidemic curve | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0950-2688&volume=136&issue=4&spage=562&epage=566&date=2008&atitle=Effectiveness+of+control+measures+during+the+SARS+epidemic+in+Beijing:+a+comparison+of+the+Rt+curve+and+the+epidemic+curve | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Cowling, BJ:bcowling@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ho, LM:lmho@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Leung, GM:gmleung@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Cowling, BJ=rp01326 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ho, LM=rp00360 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Leung, GM=rp00460 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0950268807008722 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17568476 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC2870828 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-40449120585 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 141403 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-40449120585&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 136 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 562 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 566 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000259337200019 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cowling, BJ=8644765500 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ho, LM=7402955625 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Leung, GM=7007159841 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0950-2688 | - |