Long, thin transmission chains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 may go undetected for several weeks at low to moderate reproduction numbers: Implications for containment and elimination strategy

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1) infections almost always caused overt symptoms, so effective case and contact management enabled its effective eradication within months. However, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) usually causes only mild sympto...

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Main Authors: Gerry F. Killeen, Patricia M. Kearney, Ivan J. Perry, Niall Conroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042721000178