serial interval
noun[C]
medicalspecializeduk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl ˌɪn.tə.vəl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl ˌɪn.t̬ɚ.vəl/thetimebetween someoneshowingsymptoms(=signs)of adiseaseand apersontheyinfectshowingsymptomsof thedisease:
（传染）间隔时间TheserialintervalforSARSwas 7days.SARS的传染间隔时间为7天。
Theserialintervalis one of thesignificantepidemiologicalmeasuresthatdeterminethespreadofinfectiousdisease.传染间隔时间是流行病学上的一个重要参数，决定了疾病传播的速度。
- Theserialintervalis thetimebetweenonsetsof epidemiologicallyrelatedcases.
- Recentestimatesfor themeanserialintervalof COVID-19rangefrom 3.9daysto 4.0days.
- Inepidemiology,serialintervalsaremeasuredfrom when oneinfectedpersonstartsto showsymptomsto when the nextpersoninfectedbecomessymptomatic.
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