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Comment
. 2022 Jun;7(6):e494.
doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00085-8.

Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study

Bingyi Yang  1 , Yun Lin  1 , Benjamin J Cowling  2
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Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study

Bingyi Yang et al. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

BJC reports honoraria from AstraZeneca, Fosun Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline, Moderna, Pfizer, Roche, and Sanofia Pasteur, and receives support from the AIR@InnoHK programme of the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Effect of parameterisation of viral shedding duration (A) on the simulated viral load kinetics (B) and duration of infectiousness (C) Infectiousness period was defined as the time when Ct is less than 30, as assumed by Quilty and colleagues. 1000 simulated individuals with COVID-19 symptoms. (A) Parameterisation of the course of disease. (B) Data are median (IQR); the dashed line represents the threshold of infectiousness (ie, Ct <30). (C) Lines represent results from 100 simulations for each scenario (ie, shedding duration since symptom onset or infection); each simulation consists of 1000 simulatated symptomatic individuals. Ct=cycle threshold.
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