Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2023)

Serial Interval and Incubation Period Estimates of Monkeypox Virus Infection in 12 Jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022

  • Zachary J. Madewell,
  • Kelly Charniga,
  • Nina B. Masters,
  • Jason Asher,
  • Lily Fahrenwald,
  • William Still,
  • Judy Chen,
  • Naama Kipperman,
  • David Bui,
  • Meghan Shea,
  • Katharine Saunders,
  • Lori Saathoff-Huber,
  • Shannon Johnson,
  • Khalil Harbi,
  • Abby L. Berns,
  • Taidy Perez,
  • Emily Gateley,
  • Ian H. Spicknall,
  • Yoshinori Nakazawa,
  • Thomas L. Gift

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221622
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 818 – 821

Abstract

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Using data from 12 US health departments, we estimated mean serial interval for monkeypox virus infection to be 8.5 (95% credible interval 7.3–9.9) days for symptom onset, based on 57 case pairs. Mean estimated incubation period was 5.6 (95% credible interval 4.3–7.8) days for symptom onset, based on 35 case pairs.

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