Type: Article
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Citations: 1570
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200282
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the causative agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. Initial estimates of the early dynamics of the outbreak in Wuhan, China, suggested a doubling time of the number of infected persons of 6-7 days and a basic reproductive number (R