COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020

doi:10.1017/ice.2020.64

. 2020 Jun;41(6):750-751.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.64.

COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020

Shi Zhao^{1

2}, Peihua Cao³, Marc K C Chong^{1

2}, Daozhou Gao⁴, Yijun Lou⁵, Jinjun Ran⁶, Kai Wang⁷, Weiming Wang⁸, Lin Yang⁹, Daihai He⁵, Maggie H Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
³ Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Department of Medical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
⁸ School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China.
⁹ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 32146921
PMCID: PMC7113032
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.64

COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020

Shi Zhao et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;41(6):750-751.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.64.

Authors

Shi Zhao^{1

2}, Peihua Cao³, Marc K C Chong^{1

2}, Daozhou Gao⁴, Yijun Lou⁵, Jinjun Ran⁶, Kai Wang⁷, Weiming Wang⁸, Lin Yang⁹, Daihai He⁵, Maggie H Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
³ Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Department of Medical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
⁸ School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China.
⁹ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 32146921
PMCID: PMC7113032
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.64

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D.H. was supported by an Alibaba (China) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University Collaborative Research project. Other authors declare no competing interests.

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**Fig. 1.**
The observed (dots and bars) and fitted (curves) serial interval of COVID-19. The results of model (1) are shown in panel (a), and those of model (2) are shown in panel (b). In both panels, the red represents the female primary cases, and the blue represents the male primary cases. The dots are the observed (or median) serial interval, and the bars are the ranges of serial intervals for multiple primary cases. The bold curves are the fitting results and the dashed curves are the 95% confidence intervals.

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[1] Li Q, Guan X, Wu P, Wang X, et al. Early transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China, of novel coronavirus–infected pneumonia. N Engl J Med 2020. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001316. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Li Q, Guan X, Wu P, Wang X, et al. Early transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China, of novel coronavirus–infected pneumonia. N Engl J Med 2020. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001316. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study. Lancet 2020;395:689–697. - PubMed

[4] Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study. Lancet 2020;395:689–697. - PubMed

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[7] The collection of press releases. Centre for Health Protection of Hong Kong website. https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/media/116/index.html. Accessed March 9, 2020.

[8] The collection of press releases. Centre for Health Protection of Hong Kong website. https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/media/116/index.html. Accessed March 9, 2020.

[9] The collection of outbreak situation reports of COVID-19 in Shenzhen. Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission website. http://wjw.sz.gov.cn/yqxx/. Accessed March 9, 2020.

[10] The collection of outbreak situation reports of COVID-19 in Shenzhen. Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission website. http://wjw.sz.gov.cn/yqxx/. Accessed March 9, 2020.

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