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. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa011.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa011.

Potential for global spread of a novel coronavirus from China

Isaac I Bogoch  1   2 , Alexander Watts  3   4 , Andrea Thomas-Bachli  3   4 , Carmen Huber  3   4 , Moritz U G Kraemer  5   6 , Kamran Khan  1   3   4
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Potential for global spread of a novel coronavirus from China

Isaac I Bogoch et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

An epidemic of a novel coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and has since spread to several large Chinese cities. Should a scenario arise where this coronavirus spreads more broadly across China, we evaluate how patterns of international disease transmission could change.

Keywords: SARS; Wuhan; coronavirus; outbreak; pneumonia; travel; zoonosis.

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Volume of travellers to international destinations from cities in China that received over 100 000 passengers between February through April, from Wuhan, China, and the corresponding Infectious Diseases Vulnerability Index in receiving countries
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