Serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections

By Hiroshi Nishiura, Natalie M. Linton, Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020

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Highlights • The serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections was estimated from a total of 28 infector-infectee pairs.• The median serial interval is shorter than the median incubation period, suggesting a substantial proportion of pre-symptomatic transmission.• A short serial interval makes it difficult to trace contacts due to the rapid turnover of case generations.

Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation

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• Spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: Effects of emergency containment measures (2020, background): “Empirical evidence (see again Table 1) shows, in fact, that the serial interval of COVID-19 tends to be shorter than the incubation period, thus suggesting that a substantial proportion of secondary transmission can occur prior to illness onset (68).”
• Detection of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Based on Deep Features (2020, background): “5) and reproductive rate (2 to 3) [2].”
• Contact Tracing Assessment of COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics in Taiwan and Risk at Different Exposure Periods Before and After Symptom Onset (2020, neutral): “Age, median (range), y 33 (1-96) 45 (0-88) 39 (0-92) 35 (0-89)”
• Detection of coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) based on Deep Features and Support Vector Machine (2020, background): “5) and reproductive rate (2 to 3) (Nishiura et al., 2020).”