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The serial interval of COVID-19 from publicly reported confirmed cases

We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in 93 Chinese cities by February 8, 2020. The mean and standard deviation are 3.96 (95% CI 3.53–4.39) and 4.75 (95% CI 4.46–5.07) days, respectively, with 12.6% of reports indicating pre-symptomatic transmi...

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Autores principales: Du, Zhanwei, Xu, Xiaoke, Wu, Ye, Wang, Lin, Cowling, Benjamin J., Meyers, Lauren Ancel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32511454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.19.20025452
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Sumario:We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in 93 Chinese cities by February 8, 2020. The mean and standard deviation are 3.96 (95% CI 3.53–4.39) and 4.75 (95% CI 4.46–5.07) days, respectively, with 12.6% of reports indicating pre-symptomatic transmission.