Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases

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Authors

Zhanwei Du · The University of Texas at Austin

Xiao-Ke Xu · University of Otago

Ye Wu · Dalian Minzu University

Lin Wang · University of Hong Kong

Benjamin J. Cowling · Beijing Normal University

Lauren Ancel Meyers · Santa Fe Institute

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.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 epidemiological studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 26, Issue 6, pp. 1341-1343

DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200357

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