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. 2016 May;22(5):794–801. doi: 10.3201/eid2205.151797

Table 1. Probability of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus incubation periods, King Fahd General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2–May 10, 2014*.

Incubation period, d Day probability Cumulative probability
1 0.0010 0.0010
2 0.0349 0.0359
3 0.1141 0.1500
4 0.1605 0.3105
5 0.1600 0.4705
6 0.1358 0.6063
7 0.1060 0.7123
8 0.0792 0.7916
9 0.0578 0.8494
10 0.0417 0.8911
11 0.0299 0.9210
12 0.0215 0.9425
13 0.0154 0.9579
14 0.0111 0.9690

*Incubation periods of 1–14 days by using a log-normal distribution with mean 5.2 days and SD ±1.7 days2.