An updated estimation of the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov)

Infectious Disease Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue , 2020, Pages 248-255

  Tang, Biao ^a,b   Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^b   Li, Qian ^a,b   Tang, Sanyi ^c   Xiao, Yanni ^a   Wu, Jianhong ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Effective daily reproduction ratio; Emerging and reemerging pathogens; Mathematical modeling; Novel coronavirus

Indexed keywords

2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS AGENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85079396997     PISSN: 24680427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.02.001     Document Type: Article

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