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cord-268755-13xmmin1	Meltzer, Martin I.	Multiple Contact Dates and SARS Incubation Periods	2004-02-17		.txt	text/plain	1522	85	50	Many severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients have multiple possible incubation periods due to multiple contact dates. I present a simple spreadsheet-based method that uses multiple contact dates to calculate the possible incubation periods of SARS. I present a simple method that allows a simulation of the frequency distribution, including confidence intervals, of the possible incubation periods (in days) for SARS. The method can also be used to calculate when infectious persons are most likely to have transmitted SARS to susceptible persons, even when multiple days of possible transmission exist. Simulation of frequency distribution of incubation period of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Many of the patients included in the database had multiple possible incubation periods (see Table) , resulting in the confidence intervals displayed for each day. The method readily "accepts" data in which patients have multiple possible incubation periods.	./cache/cord-268755-13xmmin1.txt	./txt/cord-268755-13xmmin1.txt