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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Feb 14;29(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2903.221360. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Incubation Period during the Omicron BA.5-Dominant Period in Japan
Tsuyoshi Ogata, Hideo Tanaka
Abstract
The mean virus incubation period during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5-dominant period in Japan was 2.6 (95% CI 2.5-2.8) days, which was less than during the Delta-dominant period. Incubation period correlated with shared meals and adult infectors. A shorter incubation suggests a shorter quarantine period for BA.5 than for other variants.
Keywords: BA.5; COVID-19; Japan; Omicron; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incubation period; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Feb 14;29(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2903.221360. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Incubation Period during the Omicron BA.5-Dominant Period in Japan
Tsuyoshi Ogata, Hideo Tanaka
- PMID: 36787734
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2903.221360
Abstract
The mean virus incubation period during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5-dominant period in Japan was 2.6 (95% CI 2.5-2.8) days, which was less than during the Delta-dominant period. Incubation period correlated with shared meals and adult infectors. A shorter incubation suggests a shorter quarantine period for BA.5 than for other variants.
Keywords: BA.5; COVID-19; Japan; Omicron; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incubation period; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.