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Author: Qin Jing; Chong You; Qiushi Lin; Taojun Hu; Shicheng Yu; Xiao-Hua Zhou
Title: Estimation of incubation period distribution of COVID-19 using disease onset forward time: a novel cross-sectional and forward follow-up study
  • Document date: 2020_3_10
  • ID: it4ka7v0_11
    Snippet: The incubation period of an infectious disease is the time elapsed between infection and appearance of the first symptoms and signs. Precise knowledge of the incubation period would help to provide an optimal length of quarantine period for disease control purpose, and also is essential in the investigation of the mechanism of transmission and development of treatment. For example, the distribution of the incubation period is used to estimate the.....
    Document: The incubation period of an infectious disease is the time elapsed between infection and appearance of the first symptoms and signs. Precise knowledge of the incubation period would help to provide an optimal length of quarantine period for disease control purpose, and also is essential in the investigation of the mechanism of transmission and development of treatment. For example, the distribution of the incubation period is used to estimate the reproductive number Ü´ , that is, the average number of secondary infections produced by a primary case. The reproductive number is a key quantity that impacts the potential size of an epidemic. Despite the importance of the incubation period, it is often poorly estimated based on limited data.

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