Estimating the overdispersion in COVID-19 transmission using outbreak sizes outside China [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has now spread to a number of countries worldwide. While sustained transmission chains of human-to-human transmission suggest high basic reproduction number R0, variation in the number of secondary transmissions (often characterised by so-c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wellcome
2020-07-01
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Series: | Wellcome Open Research |
Online Access: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-67/v2 |