Modeling the effect of age on quantiles of the incubation period distribution of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) has caused serious consequences on many aspects of social life throughout the world since the first case of pneumonia with unknown etiology was identified in Wuhan, Hubei province in China in December 2019. Note that the incubation period distribution is key to the prevention and control efforts of COVID-19. This study aimed to investigate the conditional distribution of the incubation period of COVID-19 given the age of infected cases and estimate its corresponding quantiles from the information of 2172 confirmed cases from 29 provinces outside Hubei in China.

Methods

We collected data on the infection dates, onset dates, and ages of the confirmed cases through February 16th, 2020. All the data

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature