Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):526-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151437.

Abstract

We analyzed data for 170 patients in South Korea who had laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. A longer incubation period was associated with a reduction in the risk for death (adjusted odds ratio/1-day increase in incubation period 0.83, 95% credibility interval 0.68-1.03).

Keywords: MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; South Korea; coronavirus; illness; incubation period; infection; severity; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Incubation Period*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus*
  • Mortality
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Severity of Illness Index