Using Proper Mean Generation Intervals in Modeling of COVID-19

In susceptible–exposed–infectious–recovered (SEIR) epidemic models, with the exponentially distributed duration of exposed/infectious statuses, the mean generation interval (GI, time lag between infections of a primary case and its secondary case) equals the mean latent period (LP) plus the mean inf...

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Main Authors: Xiujuan Tang, Salihu S. Musa, Shi Zhao, Shujiang Mei, Daihai He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.691262/full