A fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant identified in the United Kingdom in December 2020 has raised international alarm. We estimate that, in 16 out of 1...Read more

Before January 22, 2020, only one pediatric case of COVID-19 was reported in mainland China1,2. However, a retrospective surveillance study3 identifie...Read more

Background: Various public health and social measures (PHSMs) have been implemented worldwide to fight against COVID-19 pandemic since early 2020. T...Read more

Background The generation time distribution, reflecting the time between successive infections in transmission chains, is one of the fundamental epide...Read more

Although testing, contact tracing, and case isolation programs can mitigate COVID-19 transmission and allow the relaxation of social distancing measur...Read more

Superspreading, or overdispersion in transmission, is a feature of SARS-CoV-2 transmission which results in surging epidemics and large clusters of in...Read more

Transmission heterogeneity is a notable feature of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics, tho...Read more

Background: Various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented globally to mitigate COVID-19, which could have modulated the transmissio...Read more

IEEE The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in late 2019 and spread globally in early 2020. Initial reports suggested the associated disease, COVI...Read more

Social distancing orders have been enacted worldwide to slow the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, reduce strain on healthcare systems, and pre...Read more

Cities across China implemented stringent social distancing measures in early 2020 to curb coronavirus disease outbreaks. We estimated the speed with ...Read more

In early 2020, cities across China enacted strict social distancing measures to contain emerging coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. We estimated the sp...Read more

As a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread widely and claim lives worldwide, its transmission characteristics remain uncertain. Here, we pr...Read more

The generation time distribution, reflecting the time between successive infections in transmission chains, is a key epidemiological parameter for des...Read more

Background: Influenza is a severe public health problem that seriously affects the human health system and even life, attracting more and more researc...Read more

During the coronavirus disease pandemic, international travel controls have been widely adopted. To determine the effectiveness of these measures, we ...Read more