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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538999 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Liang L Didelot Xavier X Yang Jing J Wong Gary G Shi Yi Y Liu Wenjun W Gao George F GF Bi Yuhai Y
Nature communications 20201006 1
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified in late 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and spread globally in months, sparking worldwide concern. However, it is unclear whether super-spreading events occurred during the early outbreak phase, as has been observed for other emerging viruses. Here, we analyse 208 publicly available SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences collected during the early outbreak phase. We combine phylogenetic analysis with Bayesian inference under an epidemiological m ...[more]