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Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20–28 January 2020

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Backer, Jantien A, Klinkenberg, Don, Wallinga, Jacco·2020·Eurosurveillance

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A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is causing an outbreak of viral pneumonia that started in Wuhan, China. Using the travel history and symptom onset of 88 confirmed cases that were detected outside Wuhan in the early outbreak phase, we estimate the mean incubation period to be 6.4 days (95% credible interval: 5.6–7.7), ranging from 2.1 to 11.1 days (2.5th to 97.5th percentile). These values should help inform 2019-nCoV case definitions and appropriate quarantine durations.

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Authors
Backer, J. A., Klinkenberg, D., & Wallinga, J.
Venue
Eurosurveillance
Published
2020-02-06
Volume
25
Issue
5
ISSN
  • 1025-496X (ISSN-L)
  • 1560-7917
OpenAlex
W3004912618
Cited by
1,500
References
4
FWCI
55.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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