The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application

A. Lauer, Stephen; H. Grantz, Kyra; Bi, Qifang; K. Jones, Forrest; Zheng, Qulu; R. Meredith, Hannah; S. Azman, Andrew; G Reich, Nicholas; Lessler, Justin

doi:10.7326/m20-0504

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The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine • Mar 9, 2020

Authors:

Stephen A. Lauer

Kyra H. Grantz

Qifang Bi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A novel human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in China in December 2019. There is limited support for many of its key epidemiologic features, including the incubation period for clinical disease (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19...

Subject

Incubation period

Medicine

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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