can compute a more realistic picture of the infection rate of the novel , enabling better prevention and preparation, according to a team led by an Indian-origin researcher.
Such models can include information reported about the coronavirus, including the clearly underreported numbers of cases, and factor in knowns like the density and age distribution of the population in an area, the researchers wrote in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
"Actual pandemic preparedness depends on true cases in the population whether or not they have been identified," said
Better numbers also are critical to better protecting the population and overall pandemic preparedness, according to Rao and his colleague Steven G. Krantz, professor at
simsr.somaiya.edu