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Review
. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa021.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021.

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

Ying Liu  1 , Albert A Gayle  2 , Annelies Wilder-Smith  3   4 , Joacim Rocklöv  2
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Review

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

Ying Liu et al. J Travel Med. .
No abstract available

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

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Timeline of the R0 estimates for the 2019-nCoV virus in China
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