Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period

Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period

Victor Virlogeux, Min Ah Park, Joseph T. Wu, Benjamin J. Cowling

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).

2016

Middle East respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV, coronavirus, Viruses, Incubation period

DOI: 10.3201/eid2203.151437

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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