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@ARTICLE{Barbarossa:884063,
author = {Barbarossa, Maria Vittoria and Fuhrmann, Jan and Meinke,
Jan and Krieg, Stefan and Varma, Hridya Vinod and
Castelletti, Noemi and Lippert, Thomas},
title = {{M}odeling the spread of {COVID}-19 in {G}ermany: {E}arly
assessment and possible scenarios},
journal = {PLOS ONE},
volume = {15},
number = {9},
issn = {1932-6203},
address = {San Francisco, California, US},
publisher = {PLOS},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-03072},
pages = {e0238559 -},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), identified in China at
the end of December 2019 and causing the disease COVID-19,
has meanwhile led to outbreaks all over the globe with about
2.2 million confirmed cases and more than 150,000 deaths as
of April 17, 2020. In this work, mathematical models are
used to reproduce data of the early evolution of the
COVID-19 outbreak in Germany, taking into account the effect
of actual and hypothetical non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Systems of differential equations of SEIR type are extended
to account for undetected infections, stages of infection,
and age groups. The models are calibrated on data until
April 5. Data from April 6 to 14 are used for model
validation. We simulate different possible strategies for
the mitigation of the current outbreak, slowing down the
spread of the virus and thus reducing the peak in daily
diagnosed cases, the demand for hospitalization or intensive
care units admissions, and eventually the number of
fatalities. Our results suggest that a partial (and gradual)
lifting of introduced control measures could soon be
possible if accompanied by further increased testing
activity, strict isolation of detected cases, and reduced
contact to risk groups.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {511 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF3-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-511},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:32886696},
UT = {WOS:000571064300005},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0238559},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884063},
}