The basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) estimation based on exponential growth in the early outbreak in China from 2019 to 2020: A reply to Dhungana

• Shi Zhao,
• Qianying Lin,
• Jinjun Ran,
• Salihu S. Musa,
• Guangpu Yang,
• Weiming Wang,
• Yijun Lou,
• Daozhou Gao,
• Lin Yang,
• Daihai He,
• Maggie H Wang

Affiliations

Shi Zhao

JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China; Corresponding author at: JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Qianying Lin

Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Jinjun Ran

School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Salihu S. Musa

Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Guangpu Yang

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; SH Ho Scoliosis Research Lab, Joint Scoliosis Research Center of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University, Hong Kong, China

Weiming Wang

School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China

Yijun Lou

Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Daozhou Gao

Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China

Lin Yang

School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Daihai He

Corresponding author.; Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Maggie H Wang

JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China