title: Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period.
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).
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Virlogeux
authors.forename: Minah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cowling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055256:Infectious Disease Incubation Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; D009026:Mortality; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; South Korea; coronavirus; illness; incubation period; infection; severity; viruses