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0150/2020 - Incubation period and serial interval for Covid-19 in a chain of infections in Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Período de incubación e intervalo serial para Covid-19 en una cadena de infecciones en Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Author:

• Valentina Viego - Viego, V - <valentinaviego@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-1133

Co-author(s):

• Milva Geri - Geri, M - <milvageri@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-3308
• Juan Castiglia - Castiglia, J - <juanagustin.castigliasole@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-2946
• Ezequiel Jouglard - Jouglard, E - <rocojouglard@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5284-5422


Abstract:

This article aims to estimate the incubation period and the serial interval for Covid-19 in a sample of symptomatic patients in Bahia Blanca city (Argentina) during March and May 2020. We have registered dates of symptoms onset in primary and secondary cases of the first 18 cases of local transmission of SARS-Cov2 in Bahia Blanca. The incubation period was estimated assuming a log normal distribution. The serial interval figures are based on the gamma distribution. Parameters for both distributions were obtained applying the maximum likelihood procedure. Of the total of 18 cases of local transmission, 17% occurred in pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic phases. Mean incubation period is 7.9 days (CI 95% 4.6; 11.1) and 7.5 days (CI 95% 4.1; 10.9) if the cases with most certainty about infectors and dates of exposition are considered. The median es is 6.1 and 5.8 days respectively. Point estimation for the mean serial interval is 6.8 (CI 95%: 4.0; 9.6) and 5.5 days (CI 95%: 2.8; 8.1) considering only the most credible cases. The median serial interval is 5.2 and 4.1 days respectively. Incubation and serial interval may be longer in Bahia Blanca than in other regions. Transmissionpre-symptomatic and asymptomatic is not negligible.

Keywords:

Serial interval; Covid-19; epidemiology; Bahia Blanca

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Viego, V, Geri, M, Castiglia, J, Jouglard, E. Incubation period and serial interval for Covid-19 in a chain of infections in Bahia Blanca (Argentina). Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 12/04/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/incubation-period-and-serial-interval-for-covid19-in-a-chain-of-infections-in-bahia-blanca-argentina/17632?id=17632



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