Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics

Personal View summarises key epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in comparison with other epidemic coronaviruses and pandemic influenza, and explores what makes SARS-CoV-2 different from them, focusing on transmission and severity characteristics, & case fatality rates.

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases