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Distinguishing Between Reservoir Exposure and Human-to-Human Transmission for Emerging Pathogens Using Case Onset Data

Pathogens such as MERS-CoV, influenza A/H5N1 and influenza A/H7N9 are currently generating sporadic clusters of spillover human cases from animal reservoirs. The lack of a clear human epidemic suggests that the basic reproductive number R0 is below or very close to one for all three infections. Howe...

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Autores principales: Kucharski, Adam, Mills, Harriet, Pinsent, Amy, Fraser, Christophe, Van Kerkhove, Maria, Donnelly, Christl A., Riley, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24619563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.e1473d9bfc99d080ca242139a06c455f