

@article {223,
	title = {Incubation periods of viral gastroenteritis: a systematic review},
	journal = {BMC Infect Dis},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2013},
	note = {1471-2334 Lee, Rachel M Lessler, Justin Lee, Rose A Rudolph, Kara E Reich, Nicholas G Perl, Trish M Cummings, Derek A T K22 AI092150-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t England BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Sep 25;13:446. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-446.},
	pages = {446},
	type = {Journal Article},
	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.},
	keywords = {Gastroenteritis/*virology Humans Time Factors Virus Diseases/*virology Virus Physiological Phenomena Viruses/classification/genetics/*isolation \&amp, purification},
	issn = {1471-2334},
	doi = {10.1186/1471-2334-13-446},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849296/pdf/1471-2334-13-446.pdf},
	author = {Lee, R. M. and Lessler, J. and Lee, R. A. and Rudolph, K. E. and Reich, N. G. and Perl, T. M. and Cummings, D. A.}
}
