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Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing
- View ORCID ProfileLuca Ferretti1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileChris Wymant1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileMichelle Kendall1,
- View ORCID ProfileLele Zhao1,
- View ORCID ProfileAnel Nurtay1,
- View ORCID ProfileLucie Abeler-Dörner1,
- Michael Parker2,
- View ORCID ProfileDavid Bonsall1,3,†,
- View ORCID ProfileChristophe Fraser1,4,†,‡
- 1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 2Wellcome Centre for Ethics and the Humanities and Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 3Oxford University NHS Trust, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 4Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- ↵‡Corresponding author. Email: christophe.fraser{at}bdi.ox.ac.uk
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Science 08 May 2020:
Vol. 368, Issue 6491, eabb6936
DOI: 10.1126/science.abb6936
Vol. 368, Issue 6491, eabb6936
DOI: 10.1126/science.abb6936
Luca Ferretti
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Chris Wymant
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Michelle Kendall
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lele Zhao
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anel Nurtay
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lucie Abeler-Dörner
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Michael Parker
2Wellcome Centre for Ethics and the Humanities and Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
David Bonsall
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
3Oxford University NHS Trust, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christophe Fraser
1Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
4Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.












