The incubation period of coronavirus disease 2019 (CoVID-19) from publicly reported confirmed cases: Estimation and application

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 577-582

  Lauer, Stephen A ^a   Grantz, Kyra H ^a   Bi, Qifang ^a   Jones, Forrest K ^a   Zheng, Qulu ^a   Meredith, Hannah R ^a   Azman, Andrew S ^b   Reich, Nicholas G ^c   Lessler, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SYMPTOM; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85082324392     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M20-0504     Document Type: Article

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