Estimating and modelling the transmissibility of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus during the 2015 outbreak in the Republic of Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging respiratory infections represent a significant public health threat. Because of their novelty, there are limited measures available to control their early spread. Learning from past outbreaks is important for future preparation. The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus (MERS-CoV ) 2015 outbreak in the Republic of Korea (ROK) provides one such opportunity.

Objectives

We demonstrated through quantitative methodologies how to estimate MERS-CoV's transmissibility and identified the effective countermeasures that stopped its spread.

Methods

Using the outbreak data, statistical methods were employed to estimate the basic reproductive number R₀ , the average number of secondary cases produced by a typical primary case during its enti

SUBMITTER: Zhang XS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5598245 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature