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

Table 2. Estimated reproduction numbers (90% credible intervals) for the Wuhan outbreak conditioned on case data from the 25th of January, for scenarios with a SARS-like serial interval.

Stratified by initial transmission event size and duration.

Transmission event size Transmission event duration (days)
1 7 14 21 28
20 3.6 - 4 3.1 - 4 2.7 - 3.9 2.3 - 3.9 2.1 - 3.8
40 3.2 - 4 2.8 - 3.9 2.4 - 3.8 2 - 3.6 1.8 - 3.2
60 3 - 4 2.5 - 3.8 2.1 - 3.5 1.8 - 3 1.7 - 2.6
80 2.8 - 3.9 2.3 - 3.6 1.9 - 3.1 1.7 - 2.7 1.5 - 2.4
100 2.6 - 3.7 2.2 - 3.2 1.8 - 2.7 1.6 - 2.4 1.5 - 2.2
200 2 - 2.7 1.7 - 2.3 1.5 - 2 1.3 - 1.8 1.2 - 1.7
400 1.4 - 1.8 1.2 - 1.6 1.1 - 1.4 1 - 1.3 0.9 - 1.2