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ArticleMilitary Medical Research2021

Predictive modelling for COVID-19 outbreak control: lessons from the navy cluster in Sri Lanka.

N W A N Y Wijesekara, Nayomi Herath, K A L C Kodituwakku, H D B Herath, Samitha Ginige, Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, Manjula Kariyawasam, Sudath Samaraweera, Anuruddha Herath, Senarupa Jayawardena and 1 more

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Article in Military Medical Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in the Military during the Early Phase of the Pandemic-A Systematic Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

N W A N Y WijesekaraDisaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka. novil.wijesekara@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0391-6220
Nayomi HerathDisaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
K A L C KodituwakkuDisaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
H D B HerathDisaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Samitha GinigeEpidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Thilanga RuwanpathiranaEpidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Manjula KariyawasamEpidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Sudath SamaraweeraEpidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Anuruddha HerathSri Lanka Navy, Colombo, 01100, Sri Lanka.
Senarupa JayawardenaSri Lanka Navy, Colombo, 01100, Sri Lanka.
Deepa GamgeEpidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) within a cluster of Navy personnel in Sri Lanka commencing from 22nd April 2020, an aggressive outbreak management program was launched by the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. To predict the possible number of cases within the susceptible population under four social distancing scenarios, the COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics (CHIME) was used. With increasing social distancing, the epidemiological curve flattened, and its peak shifted to the right. The observed or actually reported number of cases was above the projected number of cases at the onset; however, subsequently, it fell below all predicted trends. Predictive modelling is a useful tool for the control of outbreaks such as COVID-19 in a closed community.

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Military PersonnelModels, StatisticalCommunicable Disease ControlComputational BiologyCOVID-19EpidemicsHumansSARS-CoV-2Sri LankaCOVID-19Navy clusterOutbreak managementPredictive modellingSIR model

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PMID34001251
PMCPMC8128624

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