Comments on "Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven Analysis in the early phase of the outbreak"

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Hom Nath Dhungana. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May.

. 2020 May:94:72-73.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.024. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

¹ School of Mathematical Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: homnath.dhungana@uts.edu.au.

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Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak.
Zhao S, Lin Q, Ran J, Musa SS, Yang G, Wang W, Lou Y, Gao D, Yang L, He D, Wang MH. Zhao S, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92:214-217. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.050. Epub 2020 Jan 30. Int J Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32007643 Free PMC article.

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