Can self-imposed prevention measures mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic?

English version

Autoři: Lei Zhang ^aff001; Yusha Tao ^aff001; Mingwang Shen ^aff001; Christopher K. Fairley ^aff001; Yuming Guo ^aff005
Působiště autorů: China-Australia Joint Research Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China ^aff001; Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia ^aff002; Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ^aff003; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China ^aff004; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ^aff005
Vyšlo v časopise: Can self-imposed prevention measures mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic?. PLoS Med 17(7): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003240
Kategorie: Perspective
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003240

Souhrn

Yuming Guo and colleagues discuss the research by Teslya et al that highlights the importance of personal preventative measures in avoiding a second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Klíčová slova:

Economic impact analysis – Geriatrics – Health economics – Health education and awareness – Respiratory infections – SARS – Social epidemiology – Social media

Zdroje

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