Serial Interval and Incubation Period Estimates of Monkeypox Virus Infection in 12 Jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022
| Title: | Serial Interval and Incubation Period Estimates of Monkeypox Virus Infection in 12 Jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022 |
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| Authors: | Zachary J. Madewell, Kelly Charniga, Nina B. Masters, Jason Asher, Lily Fahrenwald, William Still, Judy Chen, Naama Kipperman, David Bui, Meghan Shea, Katharine Saunders, Lori Saathoff-Huber, Shannon Johnson, Khalil Harbi, Abby L. Berns, Taidy Perez, Emily Gateley, Ian H. Spicknall, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Thomas L. Gift |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 4, Pp 818-821 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | monkeypox, mpox, viruses, sexually transmitted infections, outbreak response, parameter estimation, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | Using data from 12 US health departments, we estimated mean serial interval for monkeypox virus infection to be 8.5 (95% credible interval 7.3–9.9) days for symptom onset, based on 57 case pairs. Mean estimated incubation period was 5.6 (95% credible interval 4.3–7.8) days for symptom onset, based on 35 case pairs. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/4/22-1622_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2904.221622 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/264084e76b03471d83adf17ce23ac6d2 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.264084e76b03471d83adf17ce23ac6d2 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2904.221622 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |