Preferred Label : Serial Infection Interval;
MeSH definition : The interval of time between the onset of symptoms in the primary and secondary case.
The serial interval is one of the significant epidemiological measures that determine
the spread of infectious disease.;
Définition CISMeF : The serial interval, in the epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, is
the time between successive cases in a chain of transmission. The serial interval
is generally estimated from the interval between clinical onsets, in which case it
is the 'clinical onset serial interval' when these quantities are observable. It could,
in principle, be estimated by the time interval between infection and subsequent transmission.
If the timing of infection transmission in deference to a person's clinical onset
is TA, and the incubation period of a subsequent case is IB, then the clinical onset
serial interval is calculated by TA IB. Real data best reflect a frequency distribution
when observing a single primary case and its associated secondary cases (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_interval).;
MeSH synonym : Infection Interval, Serial; Infection Intervals, Serial; Interval, Serial Infection; Intervals, Serial Infection; Serial Infection Intervals;
Origin ID : D000088822;
UMLS CUI : C5544509;
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The interval of time between the onset of symptoms in the primary and secondary case.
The serial interval is one of the significant epidemiological measures that determine
the spread of infectious disease.
The serial interval, in the epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, is
the time between successive cases in a chain of transmission. The serial interval
is generally estimated from the interval between clinical onsets, in which case it
is the 'clinical onset serial interval' when these quantities are observable. It could,
in principle, be estimated by the time interval between infection and subsequent transmission.
If the timing of infection transmission in deference to a person's clinical onset
is TA, and the incubation period of a subsequent case is IB, then the clinical onset
serial interval is calculated by TA IB. Real data best reflect a frequency distribution
when observing a single primary case and its associated secondary cases (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_interval).
