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ArticleStochastic environmental research and risk assessment : research journal2023

A new approach to modeling pre-symptomatic incidence and transmission time of imported COVID-19 cases evolving with SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Sam Li-Sheng Chen, Grace Hsiao-Hsuan Jen, Chen-Yang Hsu, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Chao-Chih Lai, Yen-Po Yeh, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen

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Sam Li-Sheng ChenSchool of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Grace Hsiao-Hsuan JenSchool of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen-Yang HsuInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 533, No. 17, Hsuchow Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan.
Amy Ming-Fang YenSchool of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chao-Chih LaiInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 533, No. 17, Hsuchow Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan.
Yen-Po YehInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 533, No. 17, Hsuchow Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan.
Tony Hsiu-Hsi ChenInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 533, No. 17, Hsuchow Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5799-6705

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There is paucity of the statistical model that is specified for data on imported COVID-19 cases with the unique global information on infectious properties of SARS-CoV-2 variant different from local outbreak data used for estimating transmission and infectiousness parameters via the established epidemic models. To this end, a new approach with a four-state stochastic model was proposed to formulate these well-established infectious parameters with three new parameters, including the pre-symptomatic incidence rate, the median of pre-symptomatic transmission time (MPTT) to symptomatic state, and the incidence (proportion) of asymptomatic cases using imported COVID-19 data. We fitted the proposed stochastic model to empirical data on imported COVID-19 cases from D614G to Omicron with the corresponding calendar periods according to the classification GISAID information on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variant between March 2020 and Jan 2022 in Taiwan. The pre-symptomatic incidence rate was the highest for Omicron followed by Alpha, Delta, and D614G. The MPTT (in days) increased from 3.45 (first period) ~ 4.02 (second period) of D614G until 3.94-4.65 of VOC Alpha but dropped to 3.93-3.49 of Delta and 2 days (only first period) of Omicron. The proportion of asymptomatic cases increased from 29% of D-614G period to 59.2% of Omicron. Modeling data on imported cases across strains of SARS-CoV-2 not only bridges the link between the underlying natural infectious properties elucidated in the previous epidemic models and different disease phenotypes of COVID-19 but also provides precision quarantine and isolation policy for border control in the face of various emerging SRAS-CoV-2 variants globally.

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