The Effects of Time Window-Averaged Mobility on Effective Reproduction Number of COVID-19 Viral Variants in Urban Cities.

ABSTRACT: During epidemics, the estimation of the effective reproduction number (ERN) associated with infectious disease is a challenging topic for policy development and medical resource management. The emergence of new viral variants is common in widespread pandemics including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A simple approach is required toward an appropriate and timely policy decision for understanding the potential ERN of new variants is required for policy revision. We investigated time-averaged mobility at transit stations as a surrogate to correlate with the ERN using the data from three urban prefectures in Japan. The optimal time windows, i.e., latency and duration, for the mobility to relate with the ERN were investigated. The optimal latency and duration

SUBMITTER: Kodera S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707419 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature