Infections: Infections

InfectionsR Documentation

Infections

Description

Daily SARS-CoV-2 infection in Germany spring 2020

Usage

data(Infections)

Format

A data.frame with multiple columns:

infectedtest_CW2

Calendar week 2020 of conducted test

infection_date

Estimated date of infection

infections_daily

Daily infections

infections_daily_lwr

Daily infections lower confidence interval

infections_daily_upr

Daily infections upper confidence interval

infections_cum

Cumulative infections

infections_cum_lwr

Cumulative infections lower confidence interval

infections_cum_upr

Cumulative infections upper confidence interval

R4

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 4

R4_lwr

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 4 lower confidence interval

R4_upr

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 4 upper confidence interval

R7

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 7

R7_lwr

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 7 lower confidence interval

R7_upr

Estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 7 upper confidence interval

onsets_of_symptoms

Daily onsets of symptoms

onsets_of_symptoms_lwr

Daily onsets of symptoms lower confidence interval

onsets_of_symptoms_upr

Daily onsets of symptoms upper confidence interval

reported_cases

Daily reported cases

day

Time counter (day)

ln_inf_cum

Nat. log. of cumulative infections

ln_inf_daily

Nat. log. of daily infections

ln_R4

Nat. log. of estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 4

ln_R7

Nat. log. of estimated effective reproduction number R_t with generation interval = 7

infection_date_CW

Calendar week of infection data (numeric)

infection_date_CW2

Calendar week of infection data (categorical)

infectedtest_CW

Calendar week of conducted test

conducted_tests

No. of conducted tests

negative_tests

No. of negative tests

positive_tests

No. of positive tests

positive_tests_share

Share of positive tests (average per day)

conducted_tests_index

No. of conducted tests (average per day), index (CW 14 = 100)

conducted_tests_dailyaverage

No. of conducted tests, average per day

positive_tests_dailyaverage

Positive tests, average per day

infections_daily_testweighted

Daily infections weighted by test volume

ln_inf_daily_tw

Nat. log. of daily infections weighted by test volume

Details

Example data with daily SARS-CoV-2 infections in Germany. See Wieland (2020) for data sources and method of backdating infections.

Source

Wieland T (2020) A phenomenological approach to assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 related nonpharmaceutical interventions in Germany. Safety Science 131, 104924. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104924")}

Examples

data(Infections)

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