Calculation Method of Incubation Period of Infectious Diseases and Its Epidemiological Significance
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200629-00943
- VernacularTitle:传染病潜伏期的计算方法及其流行病学意义
- Author:
Yuying WU
1
;
Yang ZHAO
;
Xiaoliang WU
;
Xiaoliang CHEN
;
Tieqiang WANG
;
Dongsheng HU
;
Ming ZHANG
Author Information
1. 深圳大学公共卫生学院流行病与卫生统计学系 518055
- Keywords:
Infectious disease incubation period;
Epidemiology;
Calculation method
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(9):1026-1030
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Based on the practical application, this paper introduced the basic calculation conditions, methods and epidemiological significance of incubation period. The real data were used for calculations of the incubation period by lognormal, gamma, Weibull and Erlang distribution methods. Both of the complete and incomplete observation data were demonstrated.
