Comparison of spatiotemporal characteristics of the COVID-19 and SARS outbreaks in mainland China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are caused by coronaviruses and have infected people in China and worldwide. We aimed to investigate whether COVID-19 and SARS exhibited similar spatial and temporal features at provincial level in mainland China.

Methods

The number of people infected by COVID-19 and SARS were extracted from daily briefings on newly confirmed cases during the epidemics, as of Mar. 4, 2020 and Aug. 3, 2003, respectively. We depicted spatiotemporal patterns of the COVID-19 and SARS epidemics using spatial statistics such as Moran's I and the local indicators of spatial association (LISA).

Results

Compared to SARS, COVID-19 had a higher overall incidence. We identified 3 clusters (predominant

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598229 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature