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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the numbers
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a harsh reminder of the fact that, whether in a single human host or a wave of infection across continents, viral dynamics is often a story about the numbers. In this article we provide a one-stop, curated graphical source for the key numbers (based mostly on the peer-reviewed literature) about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is responsible for the pandemic. The discussion is framed around two broad themes: i) the biology of the virus itself; ii) the characteristics of the infection of a single human host.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bar-On, Y. M., Flamholz, A., Phillips, R., & Milo, R.
- Venue
- eLife
- Publisher
- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
- Published
- 2020-04-02
- Volume
- 9
- ISSN
- 2050-084X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3013186573
- Cited by
- 962
- References
- 65
- FWCI
- 24.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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