Estimating time to onset of swine influenza symptoms after initial novel A(H1N1v) viral infection
Tom, B.D. and VAN Hoek, A.J. and Pebody, R.G. and McMenamin, Jim and Robertson, Christopher and Catchpole, M. and De Angelis, D. (2011) Estimating time to onset of swine influenza symptoms after initial novel A(H1N1v) viral infection. Epidemiology and Infection, 139 (9). pp. 1418-1424. (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810002566)
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Characterization of the incubation time from infection to onset is important for understanding the natural history of infectious diseases. Attempts to estimate the incubation time distribution for novel A(H1N1v) have been, up to now, based on limited data or peculiar samples. We characterized this distribution for a generic group of symptomatic cases using laboratory-confirmed swine influenza case-information. Estimates of the incubation distribution for the pandemic influenza were derived through parametric time-to-event analyses of data on onset of symptoms and exposure dates, accounting for interval censoring. We estimated a mean of about 1·6-1·7 days with a standard deviation of 2 days for the incubation time distribution in those who became symptomatic after infection with the A(H1N1v) virus strain. Separate analyses for the <15 years and ⩾15 years age groups showed a significant (P<0·02) difference with a longer mean incubation time in the older age group.
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Item type: Article ID code: 29152 Dates: DateEventSeptember 2011Published19 November 2010Published OnlineSubjects: Science > Mathematics > Probabilities. Mathematical statistics Department: Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 07 Mar 2011 23:26 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 18:52 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29152