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SynthesisJournal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi2021

Estimation of the secondary attack rate of COVID-19 using proportional meta-analysis of nationwide contact tracing data in Taiwan.

Yen-Ta Huang, Yu-Kang Tu, Pei-Chun Lai

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Synthesis in Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Bayesian meta-analysis now - let's do it.Croatian medical journal · 2020
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  8. COVID-19 outbreak in a personal service setting in Kingston, Ontario, 2020.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021
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  10. SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools in a northern French city: a retrospective serological cohort study in an area of high transmission, France, January to April 2020.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2021
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  11. Do we need a contact tracing app?Computer communications · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yen-Ta HuangDivision of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Yu-Kang TuInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pei-Chun LaiSchool of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Evidence-based Medicine Center, Department of Medical Education, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan. Electronic address: debbie0613.lai@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crude secondary attack rate (SAR) of COVID-19 in Taiwan was 0.84% using nationwide contact-tracing data till April 8, 2020. The random-effect Bayesian metaanalysis yielded 95% credible intervals of 0.42%-1.69% and 0.08%-8.32%, respectively, for estimated SAR pooling from 15 case series and for predicted SAR in the future if pandemic continues.

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Contact TracingBayes TheoremCOVID-19HumansIncidencePandemicsSARS-CoV-2TaiwanBayesianCOVID-19Meta-analysisPandemicSecondary attack rate

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PMID32553448
PMCPMC7289119

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