Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 666-669

  Virlogeux, Victor ^a,b   Fang, Vicky J ^b   Wu, Joseph T ^b   Ho, Lai Ming ^b   Peiris, J S Malik ^b   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940052105     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000339     Document Type: Article

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