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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the numbers

eLife · 2020 · Vol. 9

Yinon M. Bar‐On(California Institute of Technology)Avi I. Flamholz(California Institute of Technology)Rob Phillips(California Institute of Technology)Ron Milo✉(California Institute of Technology)

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a harsh reminder of the fact that, whether in a single human host or a wave of infection across continents, viral dynamics is often a story about the numbers. In this article we provide a one-stop, curated graphical source for the key numbers (based mostly on the peer-reviewed literature) about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is responsible for the pandemic. The discussion is framed around two broad themes: i) the biology of the virus itself; ii) the characteristics of the infection of a single human host.

COVID-19 epidemiological studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyBiologyHost (biology)VirusMedicineGenetics

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 TestingHumansPneumonia, ViralRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationGenome, ViralVirus LatencyCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsClinical Laboratory TechniquesPandemics