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Inferring time-varying generation time, serial interval and incubation period distributions for COVID-19 (preprint)
medrxiv; 2022.
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Dans Anglais
| medRxiv | ID: ppzbmed-10.1101.2022.08.05.22278461
ABSTRACT
Background The generation time distribution, reflecting the time between successive infections in transmission chains, is one of the fundamental epidemiological parameters for describing COVID-19 transmission dynamics. However, because exact infection times are rarely known, it is often approximated by the serial interval distribution, reflecting the time between illness onsets of infector and infectee. This approximation holds under the assumption that infectors and infectees share the same incubation period distribution, which may not always be true. Methods We analyzed data on observed incubation period and serial interval distributions in China, during January and February 2020, under different sampling approaches, and developed an inferential framework to estimate the generation time distribution that accounts for variation over time due to changes in epidemiology, sampling biases and public health and social measures. Results We analyzed data on a total of 2989 confirmed cases for COVID-19 during January 1 to February 29, 2020 in Mainland China. During the study period, the empirical forward serial interval decreased from a mean of 8.90 days to 2.68 days. The estimated mean backward incubation period of infectors increased from 3.77 days to 9.61 days, and the mean forward incubation period of infectees also increased from 5.39 days to 7.21 days. The estimated mean forward generation time decreased from 7.27 days (95% confidence interval 6.42, 8.07) to 4.21 days (95% confidence interval 3.70, 4.74) days by January 29. We used simulations to examine the sensitivity of our modelling approach to a number of assumptions and alternative dynamics. Conclusions The proposed method can provide more reliable estimation of the temporal variation in the generation time distribution, enabling proper assessment of transmission dynamics.
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COVID-19
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2022
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