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Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study [1]

Since Dec 31, 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan has reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Cases have been exported to other Chinese cities, as well as internationally, threatening to trigger a global outbreak. Here, we provide an estimate of the size of the epidemic in Wuhan on the basis of the number of cases exported from Wuhan to cities outside mainland China and forecast the extent of the domestic and global public health risks of epidemics, accounting for social and non-pharmaceutical prevention interventions.

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Original Source [3]

Publication Date: 
31/01/2020
Joseph T Wu [4], Kathy Leung [5], Gabriel M Leung [6]
Lancet [7]
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Tags:
Coronavirus [8], Infectious Diseases [9], China [10], Respiratory Diseases [11], Viral Diseases [12], Epidemics [13], Diagnostic Methods [14], Health Care [15]
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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/2019-nCoV-outbreak.pdf
[3] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30260-9/fulltext
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joseph-t-wu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kathy-leung
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gabriel-m-leung
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/viral-diseases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/epidemics
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
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