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

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Liu, Ying ^a   Gayle, Albert A ^b   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^b,c   Rocklöv, Joacim ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Public Health Department of Heidelberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Coronavirus; COVID 19; Epidemic potential; Public health emergency of international concern; R0; SARS; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCUBATION TIME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

COVID-19; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; INTERNATIONALITY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; TRAVEL; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 85081620476     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021     Document Type: Article

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