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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Construction of the Infection Curve of Local Cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong using Back-Projection.

Pui Hing Chau, Wei Ying Li, Paul S F Yip

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  3. 3Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pui Hing ChauSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-0287-8020
Wei Ying LiSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-7240-8513
Paul S F YipDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-4120

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate the infection curve of local cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong and identify major events and preventive measures associated with the trajectory of the infection curve in the first two waves. The daily number of onset local cases was used to estimate the daily number of infections based on back-projection. The estimated infection curve was examined to identify the preventive measures or major events associated with its trajectory. Until 30 April 2020, there were 422 confirmed local cases. The infection curve of the local cases in Hong Kong was constructed and used for evaluating the impacts of various policies and events in a narrative manner. Social gatherings and some pre-implementation announcements on inbound traveler policies coincided with peaks on the infection curve.

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CoronavirusPandemicsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease OutbreaksHong KongHumansPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2back-projectioncoronavirus diseaseCOVID-19epidemic curveHong Kongpreventive measures

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PMID32967321
PMCPMC7557805

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