The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta | Zendy

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The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta

Author(s) -

Ying Liu,

Joacim Rocklöv

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taac037

Subject(s) - transmissibility (structural dynamics) , medicine , reproduction , covid-19 , delta , virology , genetics , biology , disease , physics , vibration isolation , quantum mechanics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , vibration , astronomy

Our review found the effective reproduction number and basic reproduction number of the Omicron variant elicited 3.8 and 2.5 times higher transmissibility than the Delta variant, respectively. The Omicron variant has an average basic and effective reproduction number of 8.2 and 3.6.

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