Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 before and after symptom onset: impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions in China

Author(s): Bushman M, Worby C, Chang H.-H, Kraemer M, Hanage WPJournal: medRxiv December 2020

Nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as contact tracing and quarantine, are currently the primary means of controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2; however,…

Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China.

Author(s): Wu JT, Leung K, Bushman M, Kishore N, Niehus R, De Salazar PM, Cowling BJ, Lipsitch M, Leung GMJournal: Nat MedPMID: 32284616 March 2020

As of 29 February 2020 there were 79,394 confirmed cases and 2,838 deaths from COVID-19 in mainland China. Of these,…