The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa021

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. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa021.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021.

The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus

Ying Liu¹, Albert A Gayle², Annelies Wilder-Smith^{3

4}, Joacim Rocklöv²

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¹ School of International Business, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, 363105, China.
² Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
³ Heidelberg Institute of Public Health, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 32052846
PMCID: PMC7074654
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021

Review

The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus

Ying Liu et al. J Travel Med. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa021.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021.

Authors

Ying Liu¹, Albert A Gayle², Annelies Wilder-Smith^{3

4}, Joacim Rocklöv²

Affiliations

¹ School of International Business, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, 363105, China.
² Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
³ Heidelberg Institute of Public Health, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 32052846
PMCID: PMC7074654
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021

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Keywords: R 0; COVID-19; China; Coronavirus; Epidemic potential; Public health emergency of international concern; SARS; Wuhan.

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[1] Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study, The Lancet, 2020. - PubMed

[2] Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study, The Lancet, 2020. - PubMed

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[4] Shen M, Peng Z, Xiao Y, Zhang L. Modelling the epidemic trend of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China. bioRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.23.916726. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Liu T, Hu J, Kang M et al. . Transmission dynamics of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). bioRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.25.919787.

[6] Liu T, Hu J, Kang M et al. . Transmission dynamics of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). bioRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.25.919787.

[7] Read JM, Bridgen JRE, Cummings DAT, Ho A, Jewell CP. Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV: early estimation of epidemiological parameters and epidemic predictions. medRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.23.20018549. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Read JM, Bridgen JRE, Cummings DAT, Ho A, Jewell CP. Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV: early estimation of epidemiological parameters and epidemic predictions. medRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.23.20018549. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Majumder M, Mandl KD. (2020) Early transmissibility assessment of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3524675(27 January 2020, date last accessed).

[10] Majumder M, Mandl KD. (2020) Early transmissibility assessment of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3524675(27 January 2020, date last accessed).

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