Question

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

1. R naught plus the serial interval allows epidemiologists to estimate the speed of spread of a disease like COVID-19.
2. Epidemiologists need to use the same case definition as clinicians for a disease like COVID-19.
3. A short serial interval is favorable for limiting transmission of a disease like COVID-19.
4. Infection-fatality is much higher than case-fatality for COVID-19.

Answer 1

1)Which of the following statements is most accurate?

C)A short serial interval is favorable for limiting transmission of a disease like COVID-19.

The serial interval is the duration between symptom onset of a primary case and symptom onset of secondary cases and its generated by the primary case,the serial interval of COVID-19 is shorter than its incubation period. which is the time between a person’s exposure to the virus and symptom onset, and the reproduction rate , the number of people who will be infected by one infected person.the shorter the serial interval becomes and cuts down opportunities for transmission of the virus.

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