Infect Chemother.  2016 Jun;48(2):147-149. 10.3947/ic.2016.48.2.147.

Understanding and Modeling the Super-spreading Events of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak in Korea

• Chun BC

• KMID: 2327986
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2016.48.2.147

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Coronavirus Infections*
Korea*
Middle East*

Figure

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  Figure. 1 The empirical and theoretical density distributions and cumulative density function of the secondary cases of the Korean Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak of 2015.

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