TY - JOUR AU - Zhou, Lei AU - Li, Qun AU - Uyeki, Timothy T1 - Estimated Incubation Period and Serial Interval for Human-to-Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 10 SP - 1982 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We estimated the incubation period and serial interval for human-to-human–transmitted avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection using case-patient clusters from epidemics in China during 2013–2017. The median incubation period was 4 days and serial interval 9 days. China’s 10-day monitoring period for close contacts of case-patients should detect most secondary infections. KW - H7N9 KW - incubation period KW - serial interval KW - human-to-human transmission KW - influenza KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - China KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2510.190117 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/10/19-0117_article ER - End of Reference