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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Early Spatiotemporal Patterns and Population Characteristics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia.

Mingjian Zhu, Jirapat Kleepbua, Zhou Guan, Sien Ping Chew, Joanna Weihui Tan, Jian Shen, Natthjija Latthitham, Jianxiong Hu, Jia Xian Law, Lanjuan Li

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Mingjian ZhuState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1726-9148
Jirapat KleepbuaThammasat University Hospital, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
Zhou GuanState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Sien Ping ChewSchool of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China.
Joanna Weihui TanFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, Singapore.
Jian ShenState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Natthjija LatthithamThammasat University Hospital, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
Jianxiong HuGuangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China.
Jia Xian LawTuanku Ja'afar Hospital, Seremban 70300, Malaysia.
Lanjuan LiState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This observational study aims to investigate the early disease patterns of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Southeast Asia, consequently providing historical experience for further interventions. Data were extracted from official websites of the WHO and health authorities of relevant countries. A total of 1346 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 217 recoveries and 18 deaths, were reported in Southeast Asia as of 16 March 2020. The basic reproductive number (

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basic reproduction number (R0)COVID-19demographic risk factorepidemic patternexponential growthobservational studypublic healthSoutheast Asia (SEA)spatio-temporal analysis

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PMID34574997
PMCPMC8466219

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