Exploring COVID-19 transmission patterns and key factors during epidemics caused by three major strains in Asia.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 epidemic has lasted for more than two years since the outbreak in late 2019. An urgent and challenging question is how to systematically evaluate epidemic developments in different countries, during different periods, and to determine which measures that could be implemented are key for successful epidemic prevention. In this study, SBD distance-based K-shape clustering and hierarchical clustering methods were used to analyse epidemics in Asian countries. For the hierarchical clustering, epidemic time series were divided into three periods (epidemics induced by the Original/Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants separately). Standard deviations, the Hurst index, mortality rates, peak value of confirmed cases per capita, average growth rates, and the control efficiency of each perio

SUBMITTER: Tu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617800 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature