Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China

Abstract

A series of multifaceted public health interventions was temporally associated with improved control of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. These findings may inform public health policy in other countries and regions.

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MedicineOutbreakPsychological interventionPublic healthInterquartile rangeEpidemiologyQuarantineEnvironmental healthPandemicDemographyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologySurgeryInternal medicine

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 323
Issue: 19
Pages: 1915-1915
Citations: 1876
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                                    An Pan, 
                                
                                    Li Liu, 
                                
                                    Chaolong Wang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China. 
                            JAMA
                            , 323
                            (19)
                            , 1915-1915.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6130
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.6130