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Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period |
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| Authors: | Victor Virlogeux Minah Park Joseph T Wu Benjamin J Cowling |
| Institution: | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France (V. Virlogeux); ;The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (V. Virlogeux, M. Park, J.T. Wu, B.J. Cowling) |
| 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: | Middle East respiratory syndrome Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus MERS-CoV coronavirus viruses incubation period infection illness severity South Korea |