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

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...

Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster

An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with a novel coronavirus was reported in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. Affected patients were geographically linked with a local...

Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR

Background The ongoing outbreak of the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) poses a challenge for public health laboratories as virus isolates are unavailable while th...

The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2

The present outbreak of a coronavirus-associated acute respiratory disease called coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is the third documented spillover of an animal coronavirus to...

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens The authors report results of an analysis of nasal and throat swabs from 17 patients in Zhuhai, China, who had received a di...

Federated Machine Learning

Today’s artificial intelligence still faces two major challenges. One is that, in most industries, data exists in the form of isolated islands. The other is the strengthening of...

Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study

Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

This study describes possible transmission of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic Wuhan resident to 5 family members in Anyang, a Chinese city in the ...