Journal of Travel Medicine, volume 29, issue 3

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

Ying Liu 1, 2
Joacim Rocklöv 3, 4, 5, 6
1
 
School of International Business , , Zhangzhou, 363105, China
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Heidelberg Institute of Global Health & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing , , Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine , Section of Sustainable Health, , Umeå, SE-90187, Sweden
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2022-03-09
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor25.7
ISSN11951982, 17088305
General Medicine
Abstract

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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Liu Y. et al. The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta // Journal of Travel Medicine. 2022. Vol. 29. No. 3.
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Liu Y., Rocklöv J. The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta // Journal of Travel Medicine. 2022. Vol. 29. No. 3.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1093/jtm/taac037
UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac037
TI - The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta
T2 - Journal of Travel Medicine
AU - Liu, Ying
AU - Rocklöv, Joacim
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/03/09 00:00:00
PB - Oxford University Press
IS - 3
VL - 29
SN - 1195-1982
SN - 1708-8305
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@article{2022_Liu,
author = {Ying Liu and Joacim Rocklöv},
title = {The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta},
journal = {Journal of Travel Medicine},
year = {2022},
volume = {29},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
month = {mar},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac037},
number = {3},
doi = {10.1093/jtm/taac037}
}
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