The TWiVerers continue their coverage of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, as the number of cases increase dramatically and the virus begins person-to-person transmission in other countries.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode * ASV 2020 * Real time tracking of 2019-nCoV (JHU) * Estimation of 2019-nCoV R0 (Int J Inf Dis) * WHO Sitreps on 2019-nCoV * Coronavirus overtakes SARS (SCMP) * HHS press conference * Discovery of 2019-nCoV (bioRxiv) * Rich CoV genes in bats (PLoS Path) * Early 2019-nCoV transmission dynamics (NEJM) * Clinical features of early 2019-nCoV patients (Lancet) * Remdesvir for MERS-CoV (Nat Commun) * Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV (Imperial Coll, pdf) * Comparison of R0 of pathogens (Guardian) * Forecast of 2019-nCoV (WHO, Univ Hong Kong, pdf) * Quammen on 2019-nCoV (NY Times) * Benefits of handwashing (NY Times) * Asymptomatic 2019-CoV transmission (NEJM) * Summary of TWiV 584 * Surgical vs N95 masks (JAMA) * Letters read on TWiV 585 * Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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