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Table 1 Timing of study procedures by network

From: Mumps transmission in social networks: a cohort study

Location of network

Date of onset (DOO) index

Median (range) number of days between DOO index and start sampling among contacts in ring 1b

Median (range) number of days between DOO index and start sampling among contacts in ring 2

1. Nijmegen

21-11-2011

30 (24–42)

45 (43–50)

2. Groningen

1-1-2012

19 (17–29)

30 (19–33)

3. Groningen

19-1-2012

26 (21–30)

32 (23–41)

4. Nijmegen

21-1-2012

23 (23–25)

31 (23–56)

5. Groningen

13-3-2012

20 (14–24)

30 (22–60)

6. Amersfoort

29-2-2012

28 (28–54)

34 (30–37)

7. Maastrichta

30-3-2012/20-3-2012

57 (57–57)

69 (69–72)

8. Nyenrode

25-3-2012

38 (38–38)

36 (27–40)

9. Wageningen

29-3-2012

27 (27–27)

36 (33–52)

10. Nijmegen

27-3-2012

31 (24–37)

48 (35–48)

  1. aThere were two index cases in this cluster, the first date of onset is used to compute the median days between DOO index and the start of sampling
  2. bMedian of these medians is 28 days