Riou, Julien; Althaus, Christian L (2020). Pattern of early human-to-human transmission of Wuhan 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), December 2019 to January 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(4), pii=2000058. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.4.2000058
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Since December 2019, China has been experiencing a large outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which can cause respiratory disease and severe pneumonia. We estimated the basic reproduction number R0 of 2019-nCoV to be around 2.2 (90% high density interval: 1.4–3.8), indicating the potential for sustained human-to-human transmission. Transmission characteristics appear to be of similar magnitude to severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and pandemic influenza, indicating a risk of global spread.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Riou, Julien Yannis, Althaus, Christian |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1560-7917 |
Publisher: |
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Minder Wyssmann |
Date Deposited: |
01 Feb 2020 08:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:36 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.4.2000058 |
PubMed ID: |
32019669 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.139715 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/139715 |
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