Rapid review of COVID-19 epidemic estimation studies for Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To inform researchers about the methodology and results of epidemic estimation studies performed for COVID-19 epidemic in Iran, we aimed to perform a rapid review.

Methods

We searched for and included published articles, preprint manuscripts and reports that estimated numbers of cumulative or daily deaths or cases of COVID-19 in Iran. We found 131 studies and included 29 of them.

Results

The included studies provided outputs for a total of 84 study-model/scenario combinations. Sixteen studies used 3-4 compartmental disease models. At the end of month two of the epidemic (2020-04-19), the lowest (and highest) values of predictions were 1,777 (388,951) for cumulative deaths, 20,588 (2,310,161) for cumulative cases, and at the end of month four (2020-06-20), w

SUBMITTER: Pourmalek F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7848865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature