A Parsimonious Description and Cross-Country Analysis of COVID-19 Epidemic Curves
In a given country, the cumulative death toll of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic follows a sigmoid curve as a function of time. In most cases, the curve is well described by the Gompertz function, which is characterized by two essential parameters, the initial growth rate and the decay rate...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/18/6487 |