Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1341 - 1343
• Main Authors: Du, Zhanwei, Xu, Xiaoke, Wu, Ye, Wang, Lin, Cowling, Benjamin J., Meyers, Lauren Ancel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Basic Reproduction Number; Betacoronavirus; China; China - epidemiology; coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Epidemics; epidemiology; Estimates; Humans; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Public health; Research Letter; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; serial interval; Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Time Factors; Wuhan; China; Middle East; Beijing China; United States > US; COVID-19; epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; viruses; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; China; Wuhan; coronavirus; serial interval; zoonoses; 2019 novel coronavirus disease; respiratory infections
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200357

We estimate the distribution of serial intervals for 468 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease reported in China as of February 8, 2020. The mean interval was 3.96 days (95% CI 3.53-4.39 days), SD 4.75 days (95% CI 4.46-5.07 days); 12.6% of case reports indicated presymptomatic transmission.