COVID-19 outbreak in Italy: estimation of reproduction numbers over 2 months prior to phase 2.

J Public Health (Berl) · 2022 · PMC8137269 · PMID 34036037

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

After the early stages, the R t showed a decreasing trend which is likely to be affected by the temporal depletion of susceptible individuals (intrinsic factors) and by the implementation of control measures (extrinsic factors).

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