A modelling study highlights the power of detecting and isolating asymptomatic or very mildly affected individuals for COVID-19 epidemic management

• Main Authors: Lía Mayorga (Author), Clara García Samartino (Author), Gabriel Flores (Author), Sofía Masuelli (Author), María V. Sánchez (Author), Luis S. Mayorga (Author), Cristián G. Sánchez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases is a powerful tool for the design of management policies and a fundamental part of the arsenal currently deployed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We present a compartmental model for the disease where symptomatic and asymp...