Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak

Zhao, Shi; Lin, Qianyin; Ran, Jinjun; S. Musa, Salihu; Yang, Guangpu; Wang, Weiming; Lou, Yijun; Gao, Daozhou; Yang, Lin; He, Daihai; Haitian Wang, Maggie

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.050

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Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jan 30, 2020

Authors:

Shi Zhao

Qianyin Lin

Jinjun Ran

Abstract

BackgroundsAn ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia hit a major city in China, Wuhan, December 2019 and subsequently reached other provinces/regions of China and other countries. We present estimates of the basic reproduction number, R0, of 2019-nCoV in the early phase of the...

Subject

Outbreak

Basic reproduction number

Mainland China

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