Super-spreading events initiated the exponential growth phase of COVID-19 with ℛ0 higher than initially estimated
The basic reproduction number [Formula: see text] of the coronavirus disease 2019 has been estimated to range between 2 and 4. Here, we used an SEIR model that properly accounts for the distribution of the latent period and, based on empirical estimates of the doubling time in the near-exponential p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200786 |