Incidence rate and basic reproduction number of Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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Abstract Background : World Health Organization declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a newly emerging disease on 31 December 2019. In a space of two-months, there have been several studies reporting incidence rates, incubation periods, fatality rates, basic and effective reproduction numbers of the disease. However, the data have not been synthesized and pooled together to determine the global average. Objective : The present study aims to systematically review available global evidence on incidence rates, and basic and effective reproduction numbers of COVID-19. Methods : This is a protocol for a systematic review of available quantitative studies published in English. Studies which describe the incidence rates, and basic and effective reproduction numbers of COVID-19 will be included in the search. Initially, search term concepts will be constructed through a preliminary search on Google scholar. Then, we will perform a full systematic search using the identified concepts in the following electronic bibliographic databases: SCOPUS, PubMed, Web of Sciences and CINAHL. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) will be used to schematically present the full search strategy. Standardised Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) quality appraisal and selection tools, and data extraction tools will be used to recruit studies and extract data from the included studies, respectively. Thematic analysis will be used to analyse the non-quantifiable data, and meta-analysis will be used to pool the quantitative information.

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