Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Dispatch
Serial Interval and Incubation Period Estimates of Monkeypox Virus Infection in 12 Jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022
Table
Estimated incubation period and serial interval of monkeypox virus infection, 12 jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022*
Onset | Incubation period, d |
Serial interval, d |
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Mean (95% CrI) | SD (95% CrI) | No. cases | Mean (95% CrI) | SD (95% CrI) | No. case pairs | ||
Symptom onset | 5.6 (4.3–7.8) | 4.4 (2.8–8.7) | 36 | 8.5 (7.3–9.9) | 5.0 (4.0–6.4) | 57 | |
Rash onset | 7.5 (6.0–9.8) | 4.9 (3.2–8.8) | 35 | 7.0 (5.8–8.4) | 4.2 (3.2–5.6) | 40 |
*CrI, credible interval.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2Additional members of 2022 Mpox Outbreak Response Team who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.
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