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. 2007 Mar 13;7:17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-17

Table 4.

Sojourn times

Period average duration stages coefficient of variation
Latent period DE = 1.9 days A n = 7 37.8% A
Fully contagious period
 asymptomatic and moderately sick adults 4.1 days A m = 19 22.9% A
 others 7.0 days B m = 19 22.9% C
Period of convalescence DR = 5 days D j = 9 33.3% C

Distribution of sojourn times (the last two stages of the latent period are used as early infectious period with an average duration of DL = 0.5 days). Sources:A [11], B [39, 40], C assumed, D [41]