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. 2021 Dec 7;19:308. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02178-z

Table 2.

Estimated incubation period and serial interval of confirmed COVID-19 patients in Shijiazhuang

Characteristic Estimated incubation period (days) Estimated serial interval (days)
Mean (95%CI) Parameters of Weibull distribution (shape, scale) Mean (0.025th,0.975th) Parameters of gamma distribution (shape, rate)
All 11.6 (10.6, 12.7) 2.75, 13.07 6.6 (0.6, 20.0) 1.63, 0.25
Immediately confirmed cases 10.6 (9.5, 11.7) 2.82, 11.89 5.1 (0.5, 15.0) 1.76, 0.34
Later becoming symptomatic cases 15.8 (13.7, 17.8) 4.35, 17.29 10.4 (1.7, 26.6) 2.50, 0.24