Πέμπτη 2 Απριλίου 2020


Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia.

Li Q1Guan X1Wu P1Wang X1Zhou L1Tong Y1Ren R1Leung KSM1Lau EHY1Wong JY1Xing X1Xiang N1Wu Y1Li C1Chen Q1Li D1Liu T1Zhao J1Liu M1Tu W1Chen C1Jin L1Yang R1Wang Q1Zhou S1Wang R1Liu H1Luo Y1Liu Y1Shao G1Li H1Tao Z1Yang Y1Deng Z1Liu B1Ma Z1Zhang Y1Shi G1Lam TTY1Wu JT1Gao GF1Cowling BJ1Yang B1Leung GM1Feng Z1.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

The initial cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected pneumonia (NCIP) occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and January 2020. We analyzed data on the first 425 confirmed cases in Wuhan to determine the epidemiologic characteristics of NCIP.

METHODS:

We collected information on demographic characteristics, exposure history, and illness timelines of laboratory-confirmed cases of NCIP that had been reported by January 22, 2020. We described characteristics of the cases and estimated the key epidemiologic time-delay distributions. In the early period of exponential growth, we estimated the epidemic doubling time and the basic reproductive number.

RESULTS:

Among the first 425 patients with confirmed NCIP, the median age was 59 years and 56% were male. The majority of cases (55%) with onset before January 1, 2020, were linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, as compared with 8.6% of the subsequent cases. The mean incubation period was 5.2 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.1 to 7.0), with the 95th percentile of the distribution at 12.5 days. In its early stages, the epidemic doubled in size every 7.4 days. With a mean serial interval of 7.5 days (95% CI, 5.3 to 19), the basic reproductive number was estimated to be 2.2 (95% CI, 1.4 to 3.9).

CONCLUSIONS:

On the basis of this information, there is evidence that human-to-human transmission has occurred among close contacts since the middle of December 2019. Considerable efforts to reduce transmission will be required to control outbreaks if similar dynamics apply elsewhere. Measures to prevent or reduce transmission should be implemented in populations at risk. (Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and others.).
PMID:
 
31995857
 
DOI:
 
10.1056/NEJMoa2001316
[Indexed for MEDLINE] 
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