The basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) estimation based on exponential growth in the early outbreak in China from 2019 to 2020: A reply to Dhungana
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May:94:148-150.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.025.
Epub 2020 Feb 20.
1 JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: zhaoshi.cmsa@gmail.com.
2 Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: qianying.lin@connect.polyu.hk.
3 School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: jimran@connect.hku.hk.
4 Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: salihu-sabiu.musa@connect.polyu.hk.
5 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; SH Ho Scoliosis Research Lab, Joint Scoliosis Research Center of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: kennethgpy@link.cuhk.edu.hk.
6 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China. Electronic address: weimingwang2003@163.com.
7 Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: yijun.lou@polyu.edu.hk.
8 Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: dzgao@shnu.edu.cn.
9 School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: l.yang@polyu.edu.hk.
10 Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk.
11 JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: maggiew@cuhk.edu.hk.