High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 1470 - 1477
• Main Authors: Sanche, Steven, Lin, Yen Ting, Xu, Chonggang, Romero-Severson, Ethan, Hengartner, Nick, Ke, Ruian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Analysis; Basic Reproduction Number; Betacoronavirus; China - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Development and progression; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Estimates; Health aspects; Health care; High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2; Hospitalization; Humans; Infections; Medical research; Models, Theoretical; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pathogens; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Provinces; respiratory infections; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveillance; Travel; Travelers; viruses; China; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; viruses; modeling; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; China; Wuhan; transmission potential; zoonoses; 2019 novel coronavirus disease; respiratory infections

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the causative agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. Initial estimates of the early dynamics of the outbreak in Wuhan, China, suggested a doubling time of the number of infected persons of 6-7 days and a basic reproductive number (R ) of...