A New Era of Epidemiology: Digital Epidemiology for Investigating the COVID-19 Outbreak in China

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 9; p. e21685
• Main Authors: He, Zonglin, Zhang, Casper J P, Huang, Jian, Zhai, Jingyan, Zhou, Shuang, Chiu, Joyce Wai-Ting, Sheng, Jie, Tsang, Winghei, Akinwunmi, Babatunde O, Ming, Wai-Kit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 17.09.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; China - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiologic Methods; Humans; Masks; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Quarantine - statistics & numerical data; SARS-CoV-2; Viewpoint; China; COVID-19; epidemiology; China; outbreak; control; risk; case study; public health; digital epidemiology

A novel pneumonia-like coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 has swept across China and the world. Public health measures that were effective in previous infection outbreaks (eg, wearing a face mask, quarantining) were implemented in this outbreak. Available m...