Interhuman transmissibility of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: estimation of pandemic risk

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作者
Breban, Romulus [1 ]
Riou, Julien [1 ]
Fontanet, Arnaud [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Inst Pasteur, Emerging Dis Epidemiol Unit, F-75015 Paris, France
[2] Conservatoire Natl Arts & Metiers, Paris, France
关键词
SARS; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61492-0
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background The new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection shares many clinical, epidemiological, and virological similarities with that of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV. We aimed to estimate virus transmissibility and the epidemic potential of MERS-CoV, and to compare the results with similar findings obtained for prepandemic SARS. Methods We retrieved data for MERS-CoV clusters from the WHO summary and subsequent reports, and published descriptions of cases, and took into account 55 of the 64 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV reported as of June 21, 2013, excluding cases notified in the previous 2 weeks. To assess the interhuman transmissibility of MERS-CoV, we used Bayesian analysis to estimate the basic reproduction number (R-0) and compared it to that of prepandemic SARS. We considered two scenarios, depending on the interpretation of the MERS-CoV cluster-size data. Results With our most pessimistic scenario (scenario 2), we estimated MERS-CoV R-0 to be 0.69 (95% CI 0.50-0.92); by contrast, the R-0 for prepandemic SARS-CoV was 0.80 (0.54-1.13). Our optimistic scenario (scenario 1) yielded a MERS-CoV R-0 of 0.60 (0.42-0.80). Because of recent implementation of effective contact tracing and isolation procedures, further MERS-CoV transmission data might no longer describe an entire cluster, but only secondary infections directly caused by the index patient. Hence, we calculated that, under scenario 2, eight or more secondary infections caused by the next index patient would translate into a 5% or higher chance that the revised MERS-CoV R-0 would exceed 1-ie, that MERS-CoV might have pandemic potential. Interpretation Our analysis suggests that MERS-CoV does not yet have pandemic potential. We recommend enhanced surveillance, active contact tracing, and vigorous searches for the MERS-CoV animal hosts and transmission routes to human beings.
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