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Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases
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Short Abstract 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. One sentence summary We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in 93 Chinese cities by February 8, 2020.
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- Authors
- Du, Z., Xu, X., Wu, Y., Wang, L., Cowling, B. J., & Meyers, L. A.
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1341-1343
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- OpenAlex
- W3011945457
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- 636
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 23.37
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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