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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7266579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 20200602
<h4>Objectives</h4>The mostly-resolved first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in China provided a unique opportunity to investigate how the initial characteristics of the COVID-19 outbreak predict its subsequent magnitude.<h4>Methods</h4>We collected publicly available COVID-19 epidemiological data from 436 Chinese cities from 16th January-15th March 2020. Based on 45 cities that reported >100 confirmed cases, we examined the correlation between early-stage epidemic characteristics and subsequent e ...[more]