Estimated Incubation Period and Serial Interval for Human-to-Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission.

Estimated Incubation Period and Serial Interval for Human-to-Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 17;25(10):
Authors: Zhou L, Li Q, Uyeki TM
Abstract
We estimated the incubation period and serial interval for human-to-human-transmitted avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection using case-patient clusters from epidemics in China during 2013-2017. The median incubation period was 4 days and serial interval 9 days. China's 10-day monitoring period for close contacts of case-patients should detect most secondary infections.
PMID: 31264568 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Zhou L, Li Q, Uyeki TM Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research