Development of a model-inference system for estimating epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Quantification of the transmissibility and immune escape properties of SARS-CoV-2 variants is necessary to support pandemic planning. Here, the authors develop a model inference system to estimate these properties using incidence and mortality data for three variants of concern.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wan Yang, Jeffrey Shaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25913-9