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Epidemiology of COVID‑19
1Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2020; 22(): 2-7 DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_55_20
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Abstract

Acknowledging the epidemiological parameters is essential in the control of coronavirus disease 2019, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. To define the macroscopic behavior and control of the disease in the society, the incubation period, serial interval, reproductive coefficient, doubling time of the infection, growth rate, curve flattening index, case fatality rate, and the rate of asymptomatic cases should be well known.