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Fig. 3

From: Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study

Fig. 3

Exposure patterns among secondary cases (health-care worker, patients, visitor or family member, and non-clinical staff) throughout the entire outbreak (top panel) and for the first disease generation (bottom panel) for each of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks linked to health-care settings. Bottom panel shows the total index reproduction number (R0) and a breakdown by exposure category of secondary case. The horizontal dashed line in the bottom panel at R = 1.0 is shown for reference

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