作者
Conor McAloon, Áine Collins, Kevin Hunt, Ann Barber, Andrew W Byrne, Francis Butler, Miriam Casey, John Griffin, Elizabeth Lane, David McEvoy, Patrick Wall, Martin Green, Luke O'Grady, Simon J More
发表日期
2020/8/1
来源
BMJ open
卷号
10
期号
8
页码范围
e039652
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
The aim of this study was to conduct a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of estimates of the incubation period of COVID-19.
Design
Rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of observational research.
Setting
International studies on incubation period of COVID-19.
Participants
Searches were carried out in PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Cochrane Library as well as the preprint servers MedRxiv and BioRxiv. Studies were selected for meta-analysis if they reported either the parameters and CIs of the distributions fit to the data, or sufficient information to facilitate calculation of those values. After initial eligibility screening, 24 studies were selected for initial review, nine of these were shortlisted for meta-analysis. Final estimates are from meta-analysis of eight studies.
Primary outcome measures
Parameters of a lognormal distribution of incubation periods.
Results
The incubation period distribution …
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Incubation period of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of observational research
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