Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · Aarhus University · +11 more institutions
Abstract
The objective of this Personal View is to compare transmissibility, hospitalisation, and mortality rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with those of other epidemic coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and pandemic influenza viruses. The basic reproductive rate (R 0 ) for SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to be 25 (range 18-36) compared with 20-30 for SARS-CoV and the 1918 influenza pandemic, 09 for MERS-CoV, and 15 for the 2009 influenza pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 causes mild or asymptomatic disease in most cases; however, severe to critical illness occurs in a small proportion of infected…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 39.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 54
Authors
9- EPEskild PetersenCorresponding
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University, University of Pavia
- MKMarion Koopmans
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC
- UGUnyeong Go
International Tuberculosis Research Center
- DHDavidson H. Hamer
Boston University
- NPNicola Petrosillo
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Topics & keywords
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Pandemic
- Virology
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
- Betacoronavirus
- Sars virus
- Biology
- Good health and well-being