Incubation Period of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infections Among Travellers from Wuhan, China, 20-28 January 2020

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2020 Feb 13

PMID 32046819

Citations 720

Authors

Jantien A Backer

Don Klinkenberg

Jacco Wallinga

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Abstract

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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