Early transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China, of novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 13, 2020, Pages 1199-1207

  Li, Qun ^c   Guan, Xuhua ^c   Wu, Peng ^d   Wang, Xiaoye ^c   Zhou, Lei ^c   Tong, Yeqing ^c   Ren, Ruiqi ^c   Leung, Kathy S M ^d   Lau, Eric H Y ^d   Wong, Jessica Y ^d   Xing, Xuesen ^c   Xiang, Nijuan ^c   Wu, Yang ^c   Li, Chao ^c   Chen, Qi ^c   Li, Dan ^c   Liu, Tian ^c,e   Zhao, Jing ^c   Liu, Man ^c   Tu, Wenxiao ^c   Chen, Chuding ^c   Jin, Lianmei ^c   Yang, Rui ^c   Wang, Qi ^c   Zhou, Suhua ^c   Wang, Rui ^c   Liu, Hui ^c,f   Luo, Yinbo ^c   Liu, Yuan ^c,g   Shao, Ge ^c,h   Li, Huan ^c,i   Tao, Zhongfa ^c,j   Yang, Yang ^k   Deng, Zhiqiang ^l   Liu, Boxi ^m   Ma, Zhitao ⁿ   Zhang, Yanping ^c   Shi, Guoqing ^c   Lam, Tommy T Y ^d   Wu, Joseph T ^d   Gao, George F ^c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a,d   Yang, Bo ^b,c   Leung, Gabriel M ^a,d   Feng, Zijian ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hubei Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Institute of Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

^f Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g Tianxing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^h Anyang Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

ⁱ Panjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^j Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^k Changning District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^l Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^m People's Republic of China   (China)

ⁿ Baoshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC DOUBLING TIME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85082296756     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001316     Document Type: Review

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