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- Title
Incubation periods of viral gastroenteritis: a systematic review.
- Authors
Lee, Rachel M.; Lessler, Justin; Lee, Rose A.; Rudolph, Kara E.; Reich, Nicholas G.; Perl, Trish M.; Cummings, Derek A.T.
- Abstract
Background: Accurate knowledge of incubation period is important to investigate and to control infectious diseases and their transmission, however statements of incubation period in the literature are often uncited, inconsistent, and/or not evidence based. Methods: In a systematic review of the literature on five enteric viruses of public health importance, we found 256 articles with incubation period estimates, including 33 with data for pooled analysis. Results: We fit a log-normal distribution to pooled data and found the median incubation period to be 4.5 days (95% CI 3.9-5.2 days) for astrovirus, 1.2 days (95% CI 1.1-1.2 days) for norovirus genogroups I and II, 1.7 days (95% CI 1.5-1.8 days) for sapovirus, and 2.0 days (95% CI 1.4-2.4 days) for rotavirus. Conclusions: Our estimates combine published data and provide sufficient quantitative detail to allow for these estimates to be used in a wide range of clinical and modeling applications. This can translate into improved prevention and control efforts in settings with transmission or the risk of transmission.
- Subjects
EGG incubation; GASTROENTERITIS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; PUBLIC health; ROTAVIRUSES
- Publication
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2334-13-446