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A study of the incubation period, or age at onset, of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies/ prion diseases
2013
In order to model epidemics of infectious diseases, particularly to estimate probable numbers of cases with onset at any particular time, it is necessaiy to incorporate a term for the incubation period frequency distribution. Sartwell's hypothesis states that the incubation period frequency distribution for infectious disease is generally a log-normal distribution, based on his examination of disease with short incubation periods. However, it may not apply to diseases with long incubation
doi:10.17037/pubs.00682220
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