Causal graph analysis of COVID-19 observational data in German districts reveals effects of determining factors on reported case numbers

• Edgar Steiger ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esteiger@zi.de

  Affiliation Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany (Zi), Berlin, Germany

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• Tobias Mussgnug,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany (Zi), Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9110-1066

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• Lars Eric Kroll

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany (Zi), Berlin, Germany

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