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Original Research

Probable Longer Incubation Period for Elderly COVID-19 Cases: Analysis of 180 Contact Tracing Data in Hubei Province, China

Jingyi Dai1 Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third People’s Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-8902
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Lin Yang2 School of Public Health and Management, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jun Zhao2 School of Public Health and Management, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1111-1117 | Published online: 11 Aug 2020

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