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

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.