Different spreading dynamics throughout Germany during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a time series study based on national surveillance data

• Main Authors: Andreas Schuppert (Author), Katja Polotzek (Author), Jochen Schmitt (Author), Reinhard Busse (Author), Jens Karschau (Author), Christian Karagiannidis (Author)
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• Udgivet: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial differences in incidence rates across Germany. Methods: Assumption-free k-nearest neighbour clustering from the principal component analysis of weekly incidence rates of German counties groups similar spreading behaviour. Differ...