The Lancet Infectious Diseases· 2020Q1

Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics

Eskild Petersen, Marion Koopmans, Unyeong Go, Davidson H. Hamer et al.

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2020year

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SARS-CoV-2 has an estimated basic reproductive rate (R0) of 2.5 (range 1.8-3.6), similar to SARS-CoV and the 1918 influenza pandemic, but higher than MERS-CoV (R0=0.9) and the 2009 influenza pandemic (R0=1.5).

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Field: Modeling and Simulation

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