Estimation of the transmission risk of the 2019-nCoV and its implication for public health interventions

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Tang, Biao ^a,b   Wang, Xia ^c   Li, Qian ^a,b   Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^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

Coronavirus; Infection management and control; Mathematical model; SEIR model; Travel restriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MARKOV CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SIMULATION; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85114276655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9020462     Document Type: Article

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