March 12, 2021

Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the average time between the onset of COVID-19 symptoms in an index case and the onset of symptoms in a secondary case (serial interval) was 5.2 days and the average time from infection until symptom onset (incubation period) was 6.5 days.

Alene et al. (Mar 11, 2021). Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05950-x