Serial interval in determining the estimation of reproduction number of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak

J Travel Med. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa033. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa033.

Shi Zhao^{1

2}, Peihua Cao³, Daozhou Gao⁴, Zian Zhuang⁵, Yongli Cai⁶, Jinjun Ran⁷, Marc K C Chong^{1

2}, Kai Wang⁸, Yijun Lou⁵, Weiming Wang⁶, Lin Yang⁹, Daihai He⁵, Maggie H Wang^{1

2}

¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
³ Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China.
⁷ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Department of Medical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
⁹ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Novel coronavirus disease; early outbreak; reproduction number; serial interval; statistical analysis.

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