The influenza pandemic preparedness planning tool InfluSim

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Sojourn times

Period	average duration	stages	coefficient of variation
Latent period	D _E= 1.9 days ^A	n = 7	37.8% ^A
Fully contagious period
asymptomatic and moderately sick adults	4.1 days ^A	m = 19	22.9% ^A
others	7.0 days ^B	m = 19	22.9% ^C
Period of convalescence	D _R= 5 days ^D	j = 9	33.3% ^C

Distribution of sojourn times (the last two stages of the latent period are used as early infectious period with an average duration of D _L= 0.5 days). Sources:^A[11], ^B[39, 40], ^Cassumed, ^D[41]

ISSN: 1471-2334