Journal of travel medicine, 2021-10, Vol.28 (7)
2021
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- The reproductive number of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is far higher compared to the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 virus
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of travel medicine, 2021-10, Vol.28 (7)
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Oxford University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
- Quelle
- Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The Delta variant is now replacing all other SARS-CoV-2 variants. We found a mean R0 of 5.08, which is much higher than the R0 of the ancestral strain of 2.79. Rapidly ramping up vaccine coverage rates while enhancing public health and social measures is now even more urgent and important.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1195-1982, 1708-8305eISSN: 1708-8305DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taab124Titel-ID: cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_umu_189632
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Alpha variant, B1.617.2, Basic Reproduction Number, basic reproductive number, COVID-19, Delta variant, epidemic potential, Humans, pandemic, Public health, Rapid Communication, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 - physiology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, transmissibility, Vaccines, variants of concerns, Viruses, Wuhan