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cord-260039-k9rs3dql	Doerre, A.	Age- and Sex-Specific Modelling of the COVID-19 Epidemic	2020-10-08		.txt	text/plain	5858	341	56	Aim: The aim of our study is to develop an ageand sex-specific model of COVID-19 transmission and to explore how contact changes effect COVID-19 infection and death rates. We develop an SEIRD-model that incorporates age-and sex-specific contacts, which shape transmission rates. The model can be used to develop scenarios which address the effects of age-and gender-specific changes in contacts due to the closing of schools, kindergarten and shops, or work in home office, as well as to explore the effect lifting of these measures. Incorporating age-and sex-specific contact rates in a COVID-19 compartment model permits exploration of the effects of changes in mitigation measures on the two genders. Our projections do not set out to forecast the actual number of COVID-19 infections in a time span of about two months, they rather assess the effect of increased contacts on the infection and mortality risks of the two genders and the various age groups.	./cache/cord-260039-k9rs3dql.txt	./txt/cord-260039-k9rs3dql.txt