Multiple Contact Dates and SARS Incubation Periods

Meltzer, Martin I.

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Multiple Contact Dates and SARS Incubation Periods

Published Date:

Feb 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):207-209.

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Meltzer, Martin I.

Description:

Many severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients have multiple possible incubation periods due to multiple contact dates. Multiple contact dates cannot be used in standard statistical analytic techniques, however. I present a simple spreadsheet-based method that uses multiple contact dates to calculate the possible incubation periods of SARS.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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