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. 2020 Feb 3;5:17. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15718.1

Table 1. Estimated reproduction numbers (90% credible intervals) for the Wuhan outbreak conditioned on case data from the 25th of January, for scenarios with a MERS-like serial interval.

Stratified by initial transmission event size and duration.

Transmission event size Transmission event duration (days)
1 7 14 21 28
20 2.8 - 4 2.4 - 3.9 2.1 - 3.8 1.8 - 3.7 1.7 - 3.5
40 2.4 - 3.8 2.1 - 3.5 1.8 - 3.2 1.7 - 2.7 1.5 - 2.4
60 2.2 - 3.4 1.9 - 3 1.7 - 2.6 1.5 - 2.4 1.4 - 2.2
80 2 - 3 1.8 - 2.6 1.6 - 2.3 1.4 - 2.1 1.3 - 1.9
100 1.9 - 2.7 1.7 - 2.4 1.5 - 2.1 1.3 - 1.9 1.3 - 1.8
200 1.5 - 2 1.4 - 1.8 1.2 - 1.6 1.1 - 1.5 1.1 - 1.4
400 1.1 - 1.4 1 - 1.3 0.9 - 1.2 0.9 - 1.1 0.9 - 1.1