Estimating the Latent Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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posted on 2024-06-02, 23:01 authored by H Xin, Y Li, P Wu, Z Li, Eric LauEric Lau, Y Qin, L Wang, BJ Cowling, TK TsangAbstract
Using detailed exposure information on COVID-19 cases, we estimated the mean latent period to be 5.5 (95% CI: 5.1–5.9) days, shorter than the mean incubation period (6.9 days). Laboratory testing may allow shorter quarantines since 95% of COVID-19 cases shed virus within 10.6 (95% CI: 9.6–11.6) days of infection.
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Clinical Infectious DiseasesVolume
74Pagination
1678-1681Location
Oxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1058-4838eISSN
1537-6591Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalIssue
9Publisher
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