Scott P. Layne is emeritus professor in the Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Email:
James M. Hyman is the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Mathematics in the School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA. Email:
Sci Transl Med. 2020 Mar 11;12(534). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb1469.
We need to understand and quantify the dominant variables that govern the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, rather than relying exclusively on confirmed cases and their geospatial spread.
我们需要了解和量化控制 SARS-CoV-2 爆发的主要变量,而不仅仅依赖于确诊病例及其地理空间传播。