Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 42, 18 October 2012
Rapid communications
Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus
Rapid communications
Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus
H Nishiura (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, K Mizumoto<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, K Ejima<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,</SUP><SUP>4</SUP>, Y Zhong<SUP>1</SUP>, B J Cowling<SUP>1</SUP>, R Omori<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Ejima K, Zhong Y, Cowling BJ, Omori R. Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20296. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20296
Date of submission: 11 October 2012 <HR>Non-specific symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections make it difficult for many countries without ongoing transmission of a novel coronavirus to rule out other possibilities including influenza before isolating imported febrile individuals with a possible exposure history. The incubation period helps differential diagnosis, and up to two days is suggestive of influenza. It is worth including the incubation period in the case definition of novel coronavirus infection.
- ------- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- PRESTO (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
- Institute of Tropical Medicine and the Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Mathematical Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Citation style for this article: Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Ejima K, Zhong Y, Cowling BJ, Omori R. Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20296. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20296 Date of submission: 11 October 2012 <HR>Non-specific symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections make it difficult for many countries without ongoing transmission of a novel coronavirus to rule out other possibilities including influenza before isolating imported febrile individuals with a possible exposure history. The incubation period helps differential diagnosis, and up to two days is suggestive of influenza. It is worth including the incubation period in the case definition of novel coronavirus infection.