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. 2016 Mar;22(3):526-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151437.

Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period

Victor Virlogeux, Minah Park, Joseph T Wu, Benjamin J Cowling

Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period

Victor Virlogeux et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

We analyzed data for 170 patients in South Korea who had laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. A longer incubation period was associated with a reduction in the risk for death (adjusted odds ratio/1-day increase in incubation period 0.83, 95% credibility interval 0.68-1.03).

Keywords: MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; South Korea; coronavirus; illness; incubation period; infection; severity; viruses.

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Parametric estimates of incubation period distribution for patients who died of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (dashed line) and patients who survived infection (solid line), South Korea, 2015.
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