Science Translational Medicine
11 March 2020 Vol 12, Issue 534
https://stm.sciencemag.org/

Editorial
New coronavirus outbreak: Framing questions for pandemic prevention
By Scott P. Layne, James M. Hyman, David M. Morens, Jeffery K. Taubenberger
Science Translational Medicine11 Mar 2020 Full Access
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.