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SUBMITTER: Ghafari M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghafari Mahan M Watson Oliver J OJ Karlinsky Ariel A Ferretti Luca L Katzourakis Aris A
Nature communications 20220531 1
The transmission dynamics and burden of SARS-CoV-2 in many regions of the world is still largely unknown due to the scarcity of epidemiological analyses and lack of testing to assess the prevalence of disease. In this work, we develop a quantitative framework based on excess mortality data to reconstruct SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics and assess the level of underreporting in infections and deaths. Using weekly all-cause mortality data from Iran, we are able to show a strong agreement between ...[more]