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Table 1 Incubation period of several common infectious diseases

From: Stochastic SIRC epidemic model with time-delay for COVID-19

Disease

Range

Ref.

COVID-19

3–14 days

[4]

Cholera

0.5–4.5 days

[26]

Common cold

1–3 days

[27]

Ebola

1–21 days

[28]

HIV

2–3 weeks to months or longer

[29]

Influenza

1–3 days

–

MERS

2–14 days

[30]

SARS

1–10 days

[31]