The value of early transmission dynamic studies in emerging infectious diseases
Emma McBryde
Open AccessPublished:March 11, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30161-4
The world is braced for a public health emergency of international concern caused by a novel emerging infectious disease, a coronavirus with similarities to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), started in December, 2019, in Wuhan, China and has spread to become a global pandemic, with, as of Feb 26, 2020, community transmission in Italy, Iran, and South Korea.