Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases.

Du, Zhanwei; Xu, Xiaoke; Wu, Ye; Wang, Lin; Cowling, Benjamin J; Meyers, Lauren Ancel

Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases.

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Peer-reviewed

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/305079

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.52161

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Article

Authors

Du, Zhanwei

Xu, Xiaoke

Wu, Ye

Wang, Lin

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5371-2138

Cowling, Benjamin J

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Abstract

We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease reported in China as of February 8, 2020. The mean interval was 3.96 days (95% CI 3.53-4.39 days), SD 4.75 days (95% CI 4.46-5.07 days); 12.6% of case reports indicated presymptomatic transmission.

Keywords

2019 novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, China, SARS-CoV-2, Wuhan, coronavirus, epidemiology, respiratory infections, serial interval, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, viruses, zoonoses, Basic Reproduction Number, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, China, Coronavirus Infections, Humans, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, SARS-CoV-2, Time Factors

Journal Title

Emerg Infect Dis

Journal ISSN

1080-6040
1080-6059

Volume Title

26

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.200357

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